You can almost always tell them to "check Chicago" when they can't find it at Dulles, and there it is.
I've had this happen several times over the years.
Just remember, United had ROUTE 1 and Dulles is on ROUTE 2 which was pretty much the TWA homeland. United's operations people still work like that, and unusual stuff goes to "the home office" on Route 1.
The lady who thought she was assaulted probably has no idea of how the typical naive United passenger feels when he finds out his luggage is lost and they refused to serve him peanuts on the flight. She should be very careful in the future.
Also, she should IMMEDIATELY put in a call to Chicago to get the guy's luggage back ~ most especially if he's on the way to Europe. Just transfer it to Detroit (Wayne County MI) and they have direct flights to most major airports.
“The lady who thought she was assaulted probably has no idea of how the typical naive United passenger feels when he finds out his luggage is lost and they refused to serve him peanuts on the flight. She should be very careful in the future.”
Kinda like those goofy students who “thought” Etheridge was assaulting them, too?
How about a new rule?: constituents should be more careful about not being attacked by Dem congressmen.