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Airline baggage stats: More checked bags mishandled more often
Even as some airlines hike bag fees, passengers in the United States almost counter-intuitively checked more bags per person in 2013. And right on cue, despite a few years of improvements, airlines mishandled more bags per passenger on domestic flights in 2013 compared with 2012, according to TSA and DOT statistics cited by Airlines for America (A4A). While checked bags per passenger at airport ticket counters increased to 0.677 in 2013, up from 0.668 in 2012, the number of mishandled bags on… (edition.cnn.com) More...
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Have you ever noticed that your lost bags always seem to go to better destinations than you do? Last time an airline lost one of my wife's bags she was flying from Miami to Guatemala City. Her bag wound up spending the weekend in Paris, France.
I've gotta admit, I've started enjoying having my bags lost. Went to DC the other month and flew into Baltimore, so there were several hops of public transit needed to get to my hotel. Luckily my bags were lost so I didn't need to lug them with me, and when I woke up in the morning they had already arrived at my hotel bag check, ready to be brought to my room!
The agent said "Sorry, we cannot do that."
I said "Why not? You did last time!"