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| Almost 90,000 bags are lost every day in the world by airlines. Have your bags every been amongst the 90,000? If so, where were you flying to and from? With which airline? Originally part of "Lost Luggage" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Mell Mell Post Count: 14225 Msg: #1 131 days ago, July 28th 2009 |  "Almost 90,000 bags are lost every day in the world and in Europe this represents 10,000 mislaid bags per day," Tajani told reporters. "The figures are incredibly serious." Quote from EU considers overhauling rules for lost air luggage [Edited: 13:36 - Mell ]  toddmon Todd Fisher Post Count: 17 Msg: #2 131 days ago, July 28th 2009 | Three times in the US. | San Diego - Kalamazoo, Michigan the night before business meetings the next day. I looked great in gym pants and tee shirt as nothing was open that late or early the next morning. Fortunately, it was the central HQ for a company I was already employed. San Diego - Evansville, Indiana on a trip to visit family so no big deal. San Diego - Sarasota, Florida a day and half prior to a job interview. Fortunatley the bag arrived at my airport the next evening and saved me from buying a new suit, shoes, etc. Each time was a different airline (United, American, and Continental) so at least they all seem to be consistently bad! Mell Mell Post Count: 14225 Msg: #3 130 days ago, July 29th 2009 | My luggage was lost once when I was flying to Estonia from Germany. I had a layover in Poland. I forget which airline. A Polish one probably, since that is where the layover was. | I travel very light, so before the liquid on board rules I used to take all my luggage on as hand luggage, to avoid having it lost by the airlines. Mel  Debtravel Debbie Post Count: 212 Msg: #4 130 days ago, July 29th 2009 | Yes - British Airways when I first left to go on my long long travel trip. I got to Mumbai to find my luggage had not been put on the plane. Not the greatest start to the trip! I ended up having a hysterical fit in the airport the next day because I was taking a domestic flight down to Kerala and the form I'd filled in (Indian-chaos style) didn't have enough room for the address of where I was going to be. After huge shenanigans I finally got it back but when I did I didn't even recognise it, ha ha! the airport official was pointing to a group of bags on the floor which had been taken off the conveyor belt, saying these were the ones that had been sent on from the original flight and he was pointing at mine, saying 'here madam, your bag'. I looked at it and said, 'no, no, that's not mine!' as it was the wrong colour. Then he said 'but it's got your name on it'. So it had. because I'd only just bought the backpack I couldn't really remember what it looked like and I'd even put a stripy band round it so I'd recognise it! Don't think he knew what to make of me... | Mell Mell Post Count: 14225 Msg: #5 130 days ago, July 29th 2009 | LOL Debbie :D | When we arrived in Delhi, India last December our bags were missing too. They were not on the converyer belt for our flight. We asked several people and finally our bags appeared from I dont know where. It took around an hour of asking and being sent here and there before somebody told us where to stand and that if we stand there our bags will be brought to us. And they were too, after around a half hour. Debtravel Debbie Post Count: 212 Msg: #6 130 days ago, July 29th 2009 | ah yes, India has a logic all of its very own! :) |  PA Leslie Pierre-Alexandre Post Count: 869 Msg: #7 128 days ago, July 31st 2009 | Are we sure we speak of the same thing. Very few bags to disappeared for ever...most of them just take the wrong flights! I've learn that sometimes, late luggage can mean great advantages. | If your bag is on the next flight, few hours after you...they will deliver it to your hotel/home...and this means, I don't have to carry it...which is not a bad thing... At the end of the day, it's like plane delays...we have to take it if we fly a lot! Mell Mell Post Count: 14225 Msg: #8 125 days ago, August 3rd 2009 | I don't have to carry it...which is not a bad thing...That is what I thought, when I arrived in Estonia, and my bag didnt. :D Best of all, I wanted to go out all night, instead of getting some place to stay for that night, and I didnt have to lug the bag around with me. They delivered it the next afternoon. At the end of the day, it's like plane delays...we have to take it if we fly a lot!10,000 bags per day going missing in the EU alone has to be due to carelessness, surely. Number of Users: 4 | Number of Posts: 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
