Question for resent travelers on luggage time at St Thomas

Bill in Va · Post by **Bill in Va** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 12:34 pm

Yo. How long did it take for your luggage to arrive? Hopefully just returned folks answer this one. God bless...Bill

sitter · Post by **sitter** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 12:39 pm

I just saw on TV tha other night about all the lsot luggage going on now that we are being forced to check in our luggage!!

They did have some great tips tho...like pack an extra set of clothes in your carry on AND in your mates bag so you won't be stranded on the island with no clothes....and in our case, that would be a frighfull sight!!

Mango · Post by **Mango** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 12:50 pm

Back on Oct.23, it took about 30-45 minutes

It was an AA flight from SJU. Arrived at 3:30.

Post by **Anthony** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 1:12 pm

Bill - why would you "resend" a traveler??

msgcolleen · Post by **msgcolleen** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 1:36 pm

Back on Oct. 21st, AA from San Juan to STT, we took only carry on bags so we could go right to the taxi to Red Hook.
Since we were first in line, we had to wait 30 minutes for the checked baggage people to arrive so they could ride in the van with us!!!
Who knew?

ScottB · Post by **ScottB** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 2:02 pm

We have always packed our carry-ons with what we like to call survival clothes. So no matter what happens to our checked bags, we are good to go for several days.

A typical carry-on would contain:
couple pairs of shorts
few t-shirts
golf shirt
toiletries
few pairs of underwear
bathing suit
snorkel gear

We were going to try and do our entire trip with carry-on only this year, but due to the new restrictions, we are checking one bag.

madness · Post by **madness** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 10:27 am

You can resend me any day!! We arrived on 10/15 at @ 3:10. We did have a vehicle waiting for us in the parking lot, so that helped. When we got to Red Hook we were forced to decide whether to grocery shop or hop on the 4:00 ferry. We opted for the ferry. So I'm guessing it took 10-15 minutes to get the luggage. Our flight was not full so that may have helped. As I recall, hubby grabbed some booze, went and found the truck, and I was curbside with the luggage and we were off. It all depends. Have fun!!

onislandtime · Post by **onislandtime** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 11:12 am

We just returned from STT on 11/11, arived on 10/28 on AA...We deplained...walked to luggage claim...stopped for a quick "Welcome" rum punch...continued on to luggage claim...my wife changed into shorts (in the washroom)... all this probably took 20-30 min. tops.

jayseadee · Post by **jayseadee** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 7:59 pm

Hello,

We landed Sunday, November 5 - AA from San Juan at around 1pm.

Good News - it only took ~20 minutes to get most of our bags

Bad News - the plane couldn't handle all the luggage for the passengers, so they left some behind and put them on the next flight which arrived at 2pm

It was a bit inconvenient but no big deal since our ferry to Tortola didn't leave until 4pm and the Caribs were as cold at the airport as anywhere else.

janet

VaDavid · Post by **VaDavid** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 8:16 pm

I flew through there on the 8th and left there on the 14th and did not have a problem at all. The only bad thing was that I did not get to make it to St. John, except I went by there one morning about 6 to find a island to work on since I was on a photo shoot.

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