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To be fair you only hear about it when there's a problem. I'm not a frequent flier, but on the dozens of flights I've taken over the course of my life I've nev

To be fair you only hear about it when there's a problem. I'm not a frequent flier, but on the dozens of flights I've taken over the course of my life I've never lost a bag. That said, your odds vary wildly by both airline and airports involved. https://www.price4limo.com/lost-luggage.html https://www.price4limo.com/lost-luggage.html

hedgehog 4y ago
I used to travel a lot and lost, delayed, and damaged luggage was a recurring problem. In one case we had to pay a local expediter to go get our stuff.
ghouse 4y ago
I am a frequent flyer. When traveling by myself, I don't check. When traveling with my family, I do check. In the past 10 years, at least five times we've had bags delayed more than 48 hours. Like the linked article, I also had a bag lost returning from honeymoon. That bag was never returned. It took me more than a year to get the airline to provide any compensation. (SDR 1,500) SDR = "Special Drawing Right, roughly $1,300 at today's conversion rate.
rocket_surgeron 4y ago
I'm an extremely frequent flyer and I've only ever had bags delayed due to reasons I find completely understandable. One such case was a connection through Houston where there was a huge electrical storm that delayed flights and forced ramp crew indoors for their protection. After the storm passed the decision was made to get the passengers out even if their bags were late. My bag was delivered to my hotel the following day. Other cases have been extremely tight connections (that I have willingly chosen to book, against my better judgement) where there is barely enough time to get ME to the connection much less a bag buried in a hold somewhere. From your link, the success rate for bag transportation ranges from 99.85% to 99.07%. I honestly don't know how much better it can get. There must be something going on that people have a perception that bag loss is common, because I take 30-50 trips per year, almost all of them through Chicago (which has a reputation) and almost all of them 2 legs, which is 160 loading operations per year (~40 trips, two legs each, round trip) and no unexplained bag losses or delays. Is there a specific mode of air travel, like the crazy weird itineraries that people come up with to save $60 on airfare? Or weird, oddly-shaped, hard-to-handle bags? (I've seen taped-up coolers and trash bags used as checked luggage) Broken luggage? That's a different story. Airlines have broken so many of my suitcases that I now transport my dirty laundry home in a Pelican Air 1615. (edit: and they're doing their best to break that-- good luck!)

hedgehog 4y ago

I used to travel a lot and lost, delayed, and damaged luggage was a recurring problem. In one case we had to pay a local expediter to go get our stuff.

ghouse 4y ago

I am a frequent flyer. When traveling by myself, I don't check. When traveling with my family, I do check. In the past 10 years, at least five times we've had bags delayed more than 48 hours. Like the linked article, I also had a bag lost returning from honeymoon. That bag was never returned. It took me more than a year to get the airline to provide any compensation. (SDR 1,500) SDR = "Special Drawing Right, roughly $1,300 at today's conversion rate.

rocket_surgeron 4y ago

I'm an extremely frequent flyer and I've only ever had bags delayed due to reasons I find completely understandable. One such case was a connection through Houston where there was a huge electrical storm that delayed flights and forced ramp crew indoors for their protection. After the storm passed the decision was made to get the passengers out even if their bags were late. My bag was delivered to my hotel the following day. Other cases have been extremely tight connections (that I have willingly chosen to book, against my better judgement) where there is barely enough time to get ME to the connection much less a bag buried in a hold somewhere. From your link, the success rate for bag transportation ranges from 99.85% to 99.07%. I honestly don't know how much better it can get. There must be something going on that people have a perception that bag loss is common, because I take 30-50 trips per year, almost all of them through Chicago (which has a reputation) and almost all of them 2 legs, which is 160 loading operations per year (~40 trips, two legs each, round trip) and no unexplained bag losses or delays. Is there a specific mode of air travel, like the crazy weird itineraries that people come up with to save $60 on airfare? Or weird, oddly-shaped, hard-to-handle bags? (I've seen taped-up coolers and trash bags used as checked luggage) Broken luggage? That's a different story. Airlines have broken so many of my suitcases that I now transport my dirty laundry home in a Pelican Air 1615. (edit: and they're doing their best to break that-- good luck!)