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Heading to Savannah from Ft. Lauderdale, we dropped off a bag to be checked the day before our trip. The agent said that this was no longer allowed. I told her I had just read it was permissible on the web page (well, AU IS a web page!) and she reluctantly let me do it. She told me it would go out on the next day's Meteor (my train).
In fact, it went out on the earlier Star so was at the station upon arrival.
I was worried that we would not get to the FTL station 45 minutes ahead to check the bag and that's the reason I wanted to do it a day early. As it turned out, the station opens at 8:20AM and the Meteor arrives a 8:50 so they don't even start to check bags in until 8:20. They accommodated everybody even though there was a line out the door.
So is there a new policy or was this the local agent's personal policy? I was the only one at the station at the time we checked the bag. Everyone had left already. It wasn't like she was overwhelmed by one bag but she was grumpy about it.
BTW: There is a shuttle to/from downtown that meets the trains. Didn't know about it (but didn't need it this time).
In fact, it went out on the earlier Star so was at the station upon arrival.
I was worried that we would not get to the FTL station 45 minutes ahead to check the bag and that's the reason I wanted to do it a day early. As it turned out, the station opens at 8:20AM and the Meteor arrives a 8:50 so they don't even start to check bags in until 8:20. They accommodated everybody even though there was a line out the door.
So is there a new policy or was this the local agent's personal policy? I was the only one at the station at the time we checked the bag. Everyone had left already. It wasn't like she was overwhelmed by one bag but she was grumpy about it.
BTW: There is a shuttle to/from downtown that meets the trains. Didn't know about it (but didn't need it this time).