Prevent Lost Bags With Luggage Shipping

I'm curious, how much of all baggage checked got lost in the last year?

Also, not to sound snotty, but in my experience, I've had more issues with delivery services than I've had with checked baggage.

and not only that but airline companies are now charging the cargo luggage so its tru do the math and see which one is a benefit American Airlines charges 15 dollars for each cargo bag from my last trip,

Flying in the US is a different experience. One time my flight was late and I was unable to board my connecting flight. But there was enough time to put my checked bag on board. Another time, my first flight arrived early, but my bag never came with me on my connecting flight. I understand why Americans have oversized carry-on baggage and it take 30mins to load a 737 when most other countries achieve this in 30 minutes.

Ive been flying 5-10 times a year internationally over a period of 10 years. Been checking in bags all this while and no problems.

This is fine for domestic flights, but international shipping is almost always going to cost more. If I tried to ship my bag from the US to NZ I could replace everything in my bag for the cost of the shipping!

I think there is just a lot of paranoia about it, I have met very few people whose luggage has been lost and when it was it was recovered very quickly.
There are a lot of people who won't label their luggage and who don't follow procedures properly either which can cause delays in getting luggage where it is supposed to go.

What happens if your luggage makes it to the destination, but YOUR plane goes down? Technically, is that considered "lost," "abandoned," or "unclaimed" luggage," and if so, who's authorized to file a claim?

I love the message in this video...

So, if its a holiday or the weekend and they don't deliver, and you had an accident in your clothes, and no extra clothes, you'll be running around bare naked.


I agree with him that it will sure save some time but if you want to be on the safe side, take a small carry on bag with you, supplying a few days of clothing, labtop, magazines, books, teeth accessories.

i guess this is quite old as now it costs neerly 20$ a bag jsut to loose em.