Which airlines/flights check gate-checked bags to the final destination?

This last weekend my wife and I took a hidden city flight from St. Louis to Houston (and threw away the leg to Tulsa) on United Airlines. Naturally, this only works when you don't check luggage, but as the flight was on a small plane (Embrair RJ145), anyone with "full sized" carry-on luggage was required to do a gate check.

It was no problem, in this case, as they returned the gate-checked luggage to us on the jetway in Houston.

But I have been on flights like this before, where gate-checked luggage was checked to my final destination. Sadly, I can't remember when, or which airline(s) I've experienced this with.

Such a scheme would naturally ruin any attempts at hidden city ticketing.

So my question is: Which airlines and/or flights do a gate-check to the final destination? Is there a way to know, prior to purchasing a ticket, if this will be a problem or a risk for me?

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Will gate checked bags go to final destination?

Bags that are gate checked on a United mainline flight will be checked to the customer's final destination and can be picked up at baggage claim,\u201d said the United representative.

Is baggage checked through to final destination?

If your flights were booked under one ticket, your bags will be checked through to your final destination. If your flights were booked under separate tickets, you will need to collect your bags and recheck them before your connecting flight.

Where does gate checked baggage go?

Gate-checking means that the bag is taken from you, tagged and given to baggage handlers, who transfer it to the belly of the plane. You get the bag back when you land.

Do checked bags get transferred connecting flight?

Unless the connecting flight takes place in a country that requires all passengers to go through Immigration and Customs, checked baggage will automatically be transferred to the next flight.

What happens to your Gate Checked Luggage?

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