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 ha

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.