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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2014 21:47:05 GMT -5
Has anyone ever had their luggage lost on a flight? Was it ever recovered? When? What did you have to do in the mean time?
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Gardening Grandma
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Post by Gardening Grandma on Oct 7, 2014 22:57:15 GMT -5
Yes, once. Returning from an international flight. Landed at Seatac, got luggage through customs, then had to put it back on the conveyor belt to pick up at regular baggage. It got lost. Took them a week to find it. Since I was home, it was merely inconvenient.
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Post by saveinla on Oct 7, 2014 23:25:44 GMT -5
Once - Lost it on an international flight coming back home. They delivered it at my office in the next couple of days.
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Post by plugginaway22 on Oct 8, 2014 7:01:37 GMT -5
Our family has flown many times, and only once, did DD lose her bag on arrival at vacation resort. The airline delivered it the very next day. Always keep essentials in carry-on bag!
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Oct 8, 2014 7:07:46 GMT -5
Several times, both domestically and internationally. Each time, the airline delivered my bag to my location the next day. It took 3 days for our bags to reach us in Turkey though, but in their defense, we were about 100 miles from the airport.
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Post by zibazinski on Oct 8, 2014 7:11:33 GMT -5
Yes and it was always returned by the next day. Or I could have gotten it at midnight that night. I opted for next day. Essentials in a carry on and I split stuff between 2 suitcases so I can get by if I have to.
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Post by zibazinski on Oct 8, 2014 7:14:18 GMT -5
I have destination address in several places inside suitcases, too. Plus my name and cell phone on luggage tag.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2014 7:30:03 GMT -5
Delayed a few times but never lost permanently. I always had it back within 24 hours.
My favorite was Delta, who couldn't be troubled to load my bag onto a flight in Atlanta as I was on my way home from Munich. If you've flown from Europe you know how tiring it is and how scrambled your body gets crossing time zones. First, you wait at the carousel till everything's been unloaded. Then you wait to file a claim. Then you go home and by then it's about 3 AM in the time zone you left.
And when did it show up? Around 10 PM, of course, when I'd fallen into an exhausted sleep. DH, bless him, answered the door and retrieved it.
The first time was with Eastern, in the late 1970s. I arrived for a training seminar and had nothing but my purse. The hotel had no shampoo (they did have soap) and no gift shop. I washed my hair with soap, and the next morning got a taxi to a convenience store so I could get toothpaste, a toothbrush and shampoo. I went to the class dressed as I was on the plane, and my luggage arrived late in the afternoon. I now make sure I have essentials in my carry-on bag.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2014 7:40:33 GMT -5
Yes, I should have packed our clothes spread out across four bags instead of each to one... Sigh. I have too much to do to repack. We are just going very light this time and I can't pack clothes in 'carry ons' I have packed. Although technically all our bags are small enough to be carry ons. Maybe I will just not check anything this trip.
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Post by HoneyBBQ on Oct 8, 2014 9:56:13 GMT -5
Yes, I should have packed our clothes spread out across four bags instead of each to one... I hope you were flying Southwest!
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Post by HoneyBBQ on Oct 8, 2014 9:57:17 GMT -5
Yes, I should have packed our clothes spread out across four bags instead of each to one... Sigh. I have too much to do to repack. We are just going very light this time and I can't pack clothes in 'carry ons' I have packed. Although technically all our bags are small enough to be carry ons. Maybe I will just not check anything this trip. And actually, if you're going to lose a bag, I'd rather it be all one person's stuff than some of each person's in the party. I can't imagine having to run and buy H some jammies, DD a coat, myself some pants, etc. I'd rather just one of us lose everything and focus on replacing one person's crap.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2014 9:59:34 GMT -5
Why? There are 4 of us... although Iceland does let you check two each, I think, I didn't look closely because it wasn't an issue, I knew they would allow you to check one, and we wouldn't have more than that.
To be clear we don't leave till tomorrow, but I'm thinking maybe I should have done things differently. I'll probably decide last minute to carry on or take our chances.
If I don't melt down by then... too much to do to be ready. ugh...
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Post by Rocky Mtn Saver on Oct 8, 2014 9:59:46 GMT -5
Yes, I should have packed our clothes spread out across four bags instead of each to one... Sigh. I have too much to do to repack. We are just going very light this time and I can't pack clothes in 'carry ons' I have packed. Although technically all our bags are small enough to be carry ons. Maybe I will just not check anything this trip. No, what you should have done is travel carry-on only! I haven't checked a bag in probably 10 years, including overseas vacations. It's a mindset change, but very freeing! Also, I've heard that FedEx or UPS or something offers suitcase shipping services now, door to door, I think. I don't know the prices.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2014 10:02:21 GMT -5
Yes, everything we have CAN be packed in our 4 -21 or so inch bags... but its tight, and doesn't allow for any food, etc. so I was going to take 2 collapsible totes in addition for the first, long leg of getting to London... not sure if they would count the totes as 'personal' and not carry on bags... i'll have to look. But yes, not checking might be what I end up doing...
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Post by HoneyBBQ on Oct 8, 2014 10:08:55 GMT -5
Why? There are 4 of us... although Iceland does let you check two each, I think, I didn't look closely because it wasn't an issue, I knew they would allow you to check one, and we wouldn't have more than that.
To be clear we don't leave till tomorrow, but I'm thinking maybe I should have done things differently. I'll probably decide last minute to carry on or take our chances.
If I don't melt down by then... too much to do to be ready. ugh... I was just thinking of the cost, in typical YM fashion
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Post by Bonny on Oct 8, 2014 10:14:40 GMT -5
It's happened to me a couple of times and DH as well. He did a lot of international traveling during his 25 year career. As most of the prior posters have stated; we've generally had the bag delivered to us within 24 hours. I always carry my meds and jewelry with me. If we're flying international I always stuff a set of underwear in my computer bag. I don't want to try to navigate where I can find these items if we wind up landing on a Saturday night or Sunday when most shops are closed. I've only had one moment of real panic. When we relocated to the SF Bay Area from Washington DC about 25 years ago, I got the call from my mom saying to come get my cat. I had left her with my folks (in San Diego) when I moved in with DH three years before. My trip back to the SF Bay Area was kind of a fiasco because of how they ticketed animals. To make a long story short. I checked my 15 year old cat with the baggage folks. When I arrived at SFO I couldn't find her. Given her age I was deeply concerned about her ability to survive if they messed up. Fortunately they were able to locate her within the hour. She went on to live to 21.5 so no harm no foul. And while it's a little O-T, for those of you who are shipping animals, I think the process is probably better now than it was back then. But in all three of our moves with the we've taken our cats as carry-ons and kept them at our feet. That was one looooong flight/trip for them coming back from Germany. Between the delayed flight, transferring planes and the trip to our cabin in the So. CA mountains = 23 hours in their carriers.
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Post by billisonboard on Oct 8, 2014 10:35:04 GMT -5
I got off the plane on Guam and my duffle bag spent the next month touring the South Pacific before it returned to me.
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Post by Rocky Mtn Saver on Oct 8, 2014 10:36:48 GMT -5
Yes, everything we have CAN be packed in our 4 -21 or so inch bags... but its tight, and doesn't allow for any food, etc. so I was going to take 2 collapsible totes in addition for the first, long leg of getting to London... not sure if they would count the totes as 'personal' and not checked bags... i'll have to look. But yes, not checking might be what I end up doing... I think that anything that can fit in under your seat, no matter the shape or use, can qualify as your 'personal item'.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2014 11:34:32 GMT -5
Not really lost, just didn't make it on the same plane as me.
Flying from Minneapolis to Costa Rica with connection in Houston. Big storm closed Houston; diverted to Austin for a couple hours. Missed my connection by 30 minutes. Ended up as the last name called on standby for the next flight. As soon as I had my seatbelt on, they were closing the door; so I figured my bad didn't make it.
I was laughing hysterically in the line at the lost baggage counter because none of the people in front of me could give good information on where they were staying. The couple in front of me didn't even know what town their resort was in or what the full name was. I think the poor guy at the counter might have had a tear in his eye when I got up there and presented him with my full itinerary (complete with dates, hotel names, addresses, and phone numbers).
Had my bag within 12 hours (it made the next flight).
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Post by sapphire12 on Oct 9, 2014 13:34:14 GMT -5
Never lost. One bag flew on an earlier flight to Orlando than I. So, it was in the lost office when I went to report it lost. One bag was routed someplace different than my layover. Luckily, I was going home so it was only an inconvenience. The airline brought my bag to my house the next day.
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