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I actually looked this up. The mishandled baggage rate is now 7.3 bags per thousand passengers. (It has fallen considerably in recent years, since baggage fee
by hapless 11y ago
I actually looked this up. The mishandled baggage rate is now 7.3 bags per thousand passengers. (It has fallen considerably in recent years, since baggage fees reduce the amount of baggage carried per passenger)
I have had snafus often enough that I no longer check bags, in any capacity. If I can't carry it myself, I mail it in advance.
- newjersey 11y agoFunny enough, the postal service has managed to lose one of two parcels I had sent to myself. The tracking number showed that it got to a halfway point and that's it. Getting someone on the phone was impossible. Going to the local post office was not easy either (snow season) and when I finally did, it didn't seem like the package ever made it there. Apparently, if the USPS manages to get a package mishandled, they will send it all to a sorting facility near Atlanta, Georgia. I'd have to fill a form to start an investigation. Of course, the form is not available on the USPS website. Thankfully, it wasn't something ridiculously valuable. However, if I ever have something of value it will stay with me. No, I will not check that carry on either.
- AnimalMuppet 11y agoI only know of one item that the post office lost for me, in 30 or so years. Unfortunately, that one item was a mortgage payment on my house...
- rosege 11y agoI'm curious, do you mail it to the hotel you are staying at - assuming you are going somewhere where you cant stay with someone you know. I would always be worried that it gets delayed and I get there and its not there. Or that the hotel staff lose/steal it.
- tgb 11y agoI assume that would work. This was a return trip though so it wasn't a concern. Not sure why you'd be more worried about this being stolen than anything else you keep in a hotel room.