Have the airline lost your bags?

[Al U]

Hi,
Was waiting at the baggage collection today for 45 mins watching the same bags roll past, got that feeling of "they didn't load my bag, it's been taken by someone else etc" and then there it was! I've never had the misfortune luckily but it got me thinking what if? Having just arrived in a hot country for 2 weeks to have my luggage go missing would ruin the holiday and once you hand it over at check in it's totally out of your control. So has it ever happened to you and what did you do?

[Al U]

I was thinking this too, i mean there really is nothing stopping someone taking your suitcase. I'd like to think people take other people's cases by mistake in a rush but there will always be the opportunists.

[Al U]

Engineer1 said:

Not mine but my Wife's when we flew to New York for our honeymoon, worst of it was it was fairly obvious once we got to newyork that the bag had been offloaded in Manchester due to the plane being overweight/ out of balance due to the fuel load.

Why was it obvious? Did they notify you during the flight and offer to deliver it to your hotel?

[Al U]

Heff said:

Mine were lost on a connection travelling to Dallas one time. It was a bit miserable watching all the others come out but not mine with the growing realisation it wasn't coming. I gave the barcodes to the airline along with a description and my address in Dallas and the bags turned up with a courier overnight and were waiting for me in the morning.

It wasn't all that stressful really.

A swift resolution like that wouldn't stress many people out. I think it depends on the situation as to how stressful it would be.