![]() This sounds silly but there are some instances where bags appear to be lost even when they're not. To start, you need to know how to determine whether your bags are, in fact, missing. The Points Guy will not share or sell your email. I would like to subscribe to The Points Guy newsletters and special email promotions. Even so, here are some key things you can do when your bag is delayed - or lost - by an airline. This is all to say that when your bag doesn’t appear at baggage claim, chances are it's temporarily lost and will eventually be returned. Airlines mishandled 4.35 bags per 1,000 passengers in 2021, up slightly from 3.5 bags per 1,000 passengers in 2020, according to the most recent data available from SITA, a leading specialist in air transport communications and information technology.Īn increase in lost bags is to be expected, thanks to the resumption of both intentional and domestic travel, but it's good to know that statistics favor a temporary misplacement of your bags versus something more permanent. Nearly 700,000 bags were mishandled in the first quarter of 2022, according to data published earlier this month by the Department of Transportation.Īlthough that seems like a large number, the likelihood that an airline will actually lose your bag (as in, you never see it again) still remains small. When a bag is “lost, delayed, damaged or pilfered," the Bureau of Transportation Statistics refers to these items as being "mishandled." Even if you are among the lucky ones who have not yet experienced something like the Heathrow craziness, it's important to be aware of the possibility.
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