Bizarre baggage claim incident I’m curious to hear if anyone has a theory about what could have happened here. This morning, I took a JetBlue flight from Philadelphia to Boston. Upon landing, I went to the baggage claim carousel which showed my flight on the screen. After waiting for 45 minutes with no baggage and only one lady who had been there when we arrived, my husband w…

Code share baggage question Hi, we’re flying long haul to Australua from the UK next February. I need to buy a new carry on case, but I’m wondering what size restrictions I need to adhere to. Each journey will be 3 flights, going well be using 3 different airlines – i booked with Swiss Air but the first flight to Zurich is with Baltic Air and the last one is with Cathay Pa…

Checked baggage size on international flight I bought a suitcase that measures 66 linear inches. Now I’ve learned that most airlines have a limit of 62 linear inches for a checked bag. Does anyone know if they are super strict about this? submitted by /u/AlreadytakenFO

Turkmenistan Airlines Baggage Allowance Hi, I have booked a Turkmenistan airlines flight from Delhi to Frankfurt via Ashgabat. Mine is economy class where my ticket says 40kg baggage allowance 2PC 20KG whereas website says 1PC 20kg baggage allowance for economy clas on this route. I don’t want to end up in situation where the ground staff say that it’s some sort of mistake on the tick…

Check-In Baggage First time travelling here. I will be checking in through online and I want to ask if I need to include the carry on and personal bag in the count when the question is about the number of checked-in baggage or do I just put my luggage? Thank you to people who will answer my question. submitted by /u/Only_Being7725

Lost baggage, different airlines So I have a situation in which I flew Dublin-Lisbon-Boston on TAP Portugal on 10/24, and my checked piece didn’t arrive in Boston. I filed a claim with the agent at that time. I then flew home from Boston to St. Louis on Delta. TAP Portugal doesn’t operate in St. Louis. I was told I have the option to either collect the bag at STL airport, or ha…

Baggage Claim Denied, but My Luggage Is Broken! Hey everyone, I recently flew with Spirit Airlines, and when I arrived at my destination, I found that my luggage had significant damage to the main body and handles. It’s clearly not just “normal wear and tear.” However, Spirit Airlines just emailed me saying they reviewed my case and that the damage is considered normal wear and tear so that n…

Air France Extra Baggage Issue We are flying from Europe to Australia and booked via Air France. Its agents keep saying they don’t know the cost of the extra baggage and we have to pay at the airport. We can’t even add it to our booking. We tried the baggage calculator but it keeps giving an error. They keep on insisting that it is a different airline that is bringing us to …

Lost baggage please help I AM DESPERATE FOR HELP I bought a ticket from Houston to Madrid with a layover in Dallas on 7/7 with American Airlines. Due to hurricane Beryl, our flight from Houston to Dallas got delayed… which caused us to miss our connected flight from Dallas to Madrid. When we arrived to Dallas, we were told that we would fly to Dublin, Ireland and then…

Cheap way to send excess baggage from Australia to Germany? Hi, sorry if this is the wrong sub but I dont know where to ask. I was doing an exchange trimester in Australia and had a great time. Unfortunately, as things go, I was buying things like extra clothes that dont fit into my original suitcase. So I planned on getting an extra suitcase to bring with me when I go back but I checked the prices and Q…

Anyone had to deal with KLM baggage compensation/reimbursement before? Just took a transcontinental flight to Switzerland for a series of work meetings and KLM have lost my bags and now doesn’t look like they’ll even be here tomorrow. In the meantime, I have the clothes on my back, which are not suitable and KLM said I could buy clothes & toiletries and “apply for reimbursement” (which is at their discretion). Has…

Wizz Air carry-on baggage i am traveling with Wizz fairly soon and i need to get a bag to fit under the seat in front of me with all of my belongings. would a Nike Elite Backpack work? the requirements state that it cannot exceed 40x30x20cm but if it can be squeezed under the seat would that be fine? thanks submitted by /u/gamerthevincent

Nightmare at baggage claim- who is responsible? We recently flew American from Nashville to Philadelphia. I normally fly American and never have an issue. Trip was completely uneventful until we went to get our baggage in PHL. The flight waited nearly 2.5 hours for our baggage to arrive. It was late, the baggage claim was nearly empty. We did see multiple other flights arrive well after ours …

Ryanair – Lost baggage and no PIR Yesterday Manchester airport had a power cut which somehow meant that the baggage drop off couldn’t work, and workers had to transport hundreds of bags manually. We were called forward as it didn’t was soon to board to drop into a cage especially for Beziers. Anyways, we land and inevitably the staff confirmed only 18 bags were transported. Our…

Check-In Baggage Allowance Confusion Hey all, I have an Air-India flight from Melbourne to Mumbai in a few days and the check-in baggage limit is a little confusing. The weight limit on the ticket is 30 kgs, but they have failed to mention the maximum number of pieces i can carry (provided the cumulative weight falls under the limit) I am assuming that i can carry at least 2 pieces…

When flying international from the US with a domestic (overnight) layover, how does checked baggage work? Let’s say for example flying to aruba from The US. There is an overnight layover in Miami and the passenger is checking a bag. Does the bag get checked to the final destination, or does the passenger need to pick up bags from the airport in Miami then recheck them locally? Does customs happen at the first domestic airport or the last? subm…

Baggage in connecting flights (Ryanair + Easy Jet) Hi, I have a flight from England where the final destination is Portugal, but I have a stop over in France. The flight from England to France is with Ryanair, the flight from France to Portugal is with EasyJet. I have one checked luggage, but my stopover is 2 hours, will I have to recheck my luggage in France or will it go straight to Portugal?…

Lost Baggage – When Do They Declare ‘Lost?’ Wanted to get an idea of when we should push Lufthansa to declare our baggage ‘lost’ and purchase new items. Details: Item Lost: Stroller* Flew Lufthansa from Bari, IT to San Francisco – had a tight connection in Munich. Lost Baggage Employees said the item “made it to SFO, but could not be located.” Has been 6 days *Stroller was actually borr…

Pegasus Baggage I have international connecting flights with Pegasus (2 legs from turkey into Europe) and have purchased the saver package, which allows me 1 handbag size carryon, one larger carryon, and 20kg checked baggage. I have a backpack and suitcase that are both carry on sizes, but weigh too much. Am I better off trying my luck to get them on board with…

European Baggage Dimensions My partner bought a suitcase that’s dimensions sum to 170cm. I said to him no that’s too big as his international flight, Singapore airlines, and other inter-Europe travel, Eurostar, Iberia Airlines, ITA Airways etc. that he’s using all state a maximum of 158cm. I’ve since come to learn when flying from Australia, Singapore and Emirates airlines…