Then you drag your luggage over to the TSA inspectors where there’s usually crowd of bewildered-looking travelers hovering protectively over their bags.
After foiled terrorist plot in London back in August 2006 the subsequent liquid ban forced passengers to check their bags just so they could carry their own odorize lotion and duty-free Black Label. And since then the number of mishandled bags has skyrocketed.
According to the Aviation Consumer inform from U. S. Department of Transportation in July 2007 the be of mishandled bags on reporting airlines was 466,250. (“Mishandled” is defined as “lost damaged delayed or pilfered”). In July 2006 before the liquid ban it was 366,447. That’s more than 27 percent!
For the record in August 2007 there were 437,141 reported cases with United Airlines leading the pack with 29,331 mishandled bags. The beat of the clump was Aloha Airlines with 1,375 mishandled bags that month. move here for those reports:
If you’re traveling through London it gets change surface worse—you can only carry on ONE bag not two. And British Airways has been named the beat culprit among all 24 airlines in the Association of European Airlines. In 2006. BA misplaced or completely lost 23 bags for every 1,000—the worst performance among all member airlines. Between January and June of 2007. BA lost bags of more than 550,000 passengers (say that’s lost not damaged or pilfered).
And if your bags are lost don’t expect great compensation. Airlines have a domestic liability check of $3,000 per ticketed passenger (NOT per bag) and under the 1999 Warsaw Convention the international liability is $9.07 per pound up to $640 per bag.
So whether you’re a business traveler or a family of five heading to Disneyworld for a week shipping your luggage can be a time-saver that’s worth the extra bucks.
Over the past few years there has been a proliferation of luggage-shipping services. You may be familiar with some companies that initially focused on shipping sports equipment like golf clubs and skis. These services actually use the same shipping methods as the be of us—FedEx. DHL etc. but will act care of the dirty work for you. They’ll pick up your luggage displace it off at your destination and handle details like filling out airbills plus they may offer delivery guarantees and insurance policies.
The Boston-based company has reported that bookings in the fourth quarter of 2006 increased by 500 percent! If your item arrives late.
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http://www.petergreenberg.com/2007/11/02/luggage-shipping-services-solving-the-lost-luggage-blues/
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