My point:
Don't accept this nonsense.
You pay good money and you expect good service.
Being delivered to your destination means nothing, if you do not have essential gear with you that constitutes the only reason to take that trip.
Agree 100%. My air travel is for work in the main, and the first leg by air is not usually the end of my journey. What's the point of baggage arriving at the destination airport a couple of days later if I'm no longer anywhere near there. My checked baggage usually holds work gear for my trip, without which I'm 'stuffed'.
Buying replacement gear at the weekend for a Monday morning start? Forget it.
It would make just as much sense to send my baggage and leave me behind.
Once a business forgets that passengers and their baggage are equally important they are on a slippery slope.
If my baggage is being left behind I no longer need/want to travel and want to de-plane to save the air fare - however inconvenient to the carrier. It's even more inconvenient for me to spend money on a work trip and not being able to work on arrival.