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I learned this the hard way. No luggage, airlines blame heathrow, and heathrow has no communcation channel, I think my only option is break in and try to find i

I learned this the hard way. No luggage, airlines blame heathrow, and heathrow has no communcation channel, I think my only option is break in and try to find it myself. How you manage to get yours?

atlasunshrugged 4y ago
Throw an airtag in there before you leave and then bluster your way through! Shouldn't be that hard if they're all that overworked /s
squidofbits 4y ago
A guy was on Irish radio and he said he bought the cheapest outbound ticket he could find. Managed to get to the arrivals lounge and find his bag there.
- bogomipz 4y ago
  I'm not following this strategy. Did he need to buy an outbound ticket to go collect his lost bag?
  - kgwgk 4y ago
    To get through security and make his way to arrivals from within the airport, I guess.
  - boulos 4y ago
    To get on the other side of security. Presumably this was in the international baggage pickup or something.
    - fennecfoxen 4y ago
      The slightly cheaper tactic may be to actually to buy a fully refundable fare (usually for thousands) for much later in the day, and then cancel it and ask for a full refund. (This is also how airport lounge abuse is done.)
      - panda88888 4y ago
        Fully refundable tickets are awesome. My old company had a contract where all international business travels to customer sites must purchase fully refundable business class tickets. I remember someone had to cancel their travel just before boarding, and the airline refunded everything no questions asked.
jonny_eh 4y ago
People should consider using Air Tags with checked luggage this summer: https://www.cnn.com/cnn-underscored/travel/travel-apple-airtags https://www.cnn.com/cnn-underscored/travel/travel-apple-airt...
- april_22 4y ago
  extremly underrated tip! thank you
- nradov 4y ago
  Just because you know where your baggage is doesn't mean the airline will actually give it to you.
  - jonny_eh 4y ago
    It can help a ton. There's been reports of people calling up an airport and telling an employee exactly where their bag is, and then getting it delivered. Often the biggest impediment to getting lost luggage back is finding out where in the airport it actually is.
    - ceejayoz 4y ago
      Or even which airport it's in.
- paulhodge 4y ago
  Yeah we just recovered a lost bag thanks to an Airtag. The airline’s system thought it was still at the origin city, but we knew exactly which terminal it was at, and we just went there and asked in person. Never checking any bag without an airtag ever again.
  - SV_BubbleTime 4y ago
    Like I dummy, I waited around in line for an hour in Costa Rica before remembering to check my tag. ... Turns out, they move "military looking" (lol, pelican) boxes to a separate spot instead of running them on the carousel. I'd have had it in minutes if I remembered to check the tag first.

I learned this the hard way. No luggage, airlines blame heathrow, and heathrow has no communcation channel, I think my only option is break in and try to find it myself. How you manage to get yours?

atlasunshrugged 4y ago

Throw an airtag in there before you leave and then bluster your way through! Shouldn't be that hard if they're all that overworked /s

squidofbits 4y ago

A guy was on Irish radio and he said he bought the cheapest outbound ticket he could find. Managed to get to the arrivals lounge and find his bag there.

bogomipz 4y ago
I'm not following this strategy. Did he need to buy an outbound ticket to go collect his lost bag?
- kgwgk 4y ago
  To get through security and make his way to arrivals from within the airport, I guess.
- boulos 4y ago
  To get on the other side of security. Presumably this was in the international baggage pickup or something.
  - fennecfoxen 4y ago
    The slightly cheaper tactic may be to actually to buy a fully refundable fare (usually for thousands) for much later in the day, and then cancel it and ask for a full refund. (This is also how airport lounge abuse is done.)
    - panda88888 4y ago
      Fully refundable tickets are awesome. My old company had a contract where all international business travels to customer sites must purchase fully refundable business class tickets. I remember someone had to cancel their travel just before boarding, and the airline refunded everything no questions asked.

jonny_eh 4y ago

People should consider using Air Tags with checked luggage this summer: https://www.cnn.com/cnn-underscored/travel/travel-apple-airtags https://www.cnn.com/cnn-underscored/travel/travel-apple-airt...

april_22 4y ago
extremly underrated tip! thank you
nradov 4y ago
Just because you know where your baggage is doesn't mean the airline will actually give it to you.
- jonny_eh 4y ago
  It can help a ton. There's been reports of people calling up an airport and telling an employee exactly where their bag is, and then getting it delivered. Often the biggest impediment to getting lost luggage back is finding out where in the airport it actually is.
  - ceejayoz 4y ago
    Or even which airport it's in.
paulhodge 4y ago
Yeah we just recovered a lost bag thanks to an Airtag. The airline’s system thought it was still at the origin city, but we knew exactly which terminal it was at, and we just went there and asked in person. Never checking any bag without an airtag ever again.
- SV_BubbleTime 4y ago
  Like I dummy, I waited around in line for an hour in Costa Rica before remembering to check my tag. ... Turns out, they move "military looking" (lol, pelican) boxes to a separate spot instead of running them on the carousel. I'd have had it in minutes if I remembered to check the tag first.