Reply to: Lost Baggage

[Spacecadet]

suitcase was waiting for me at the hotel

minus a ******* wheel

[OwlHoot]

Aren't you meant to take those on holiday then?

Only if you're taking the caravan

[NickFitz]

Now that's what I call lateral thinking.

But what if the airline _doesn't_ lose it. You'll end up on holiday arriving at the hotel with nothing but a load of stinky old bottles, potato pealings, and empty baked bean cans.

Aren't you meant to take those on holiday then?

[Marina]

Could be handy when we start getting charged for our non-recyclable waste. Stick it in a suitcase and leave it at the airport. Then wait for sum mug to buy it.

Now that's what I call lateral thinking.

But what if the airline _doesn't_ lose it. You'll end up on holiday arriving at the hotel with nothing but a load of stinky old bottles, potato pealings, and empty baked bean cans.

[Fishface]

baggage is never lost - it is 'delayed'

BA says 7 days before they will compensate and you have to produce reipts for the lost items with a cap of £150 quid !!

they are a bunch of sleeves of wizards.

On a plane to Beijing they did not load 200 peoples luggage at 'eathrow and took off (200 * 20 kilos = 4000 kilos) lighter with a big space in the undercarriage - how did no one know???

cost too much to loose their 'slot' - because of idle baggage baboons ?

a more valuable cargo?

baggage arrived 3 days later soaking wet through - it had been in the pissing rain in Heathrow all the time.

funnily enough everybody blamed the chinese! BA would'nt do such a thing blah blah blah

[moorfield]

Phone them up and tell them you're not sure, but you think you left your bomb in there, and you can't remember what the timer was set for.

They'll find it.

[PRC1964]

They're currently trying to auction parts of that 777 wreckage. Might buy one of the engines to replace my paper shredder.

I wouldn't bother. They'll fail to power up just when you need them most.

[PAH]

There's an auction house in Tooting (I think) that sells on lots of stuff from BA.

I'm sure it would be an interesting diversion to head down there.

They're currently trying to auction parts of that 777 wreckage. Might buy one of the engines to replace my paper shredder.

[Moscow Mule]

There's an auction house in Tooting (I think) that sells on lots of stuff from BA.

I'm sure it would be an interesting diversion to head down there.

[TheFaQQer]

Could be handy when we start getting charged for our non-recyclable waste. Stick it in a suitcase and leave it at the airport. Then wait for sum mug to buy it.

Or leave it at the airport, ring them and tell them it's a bomb.

Then they will do a controlled explosion on it, and get rid of the rubbish for you.

[expat]

Could be handy when we start getting charged for our non-recyclable waste. Stick it in a suitcase and leave it at the airport. Then wait for sum mug to buy it.

Good plan. Any plan is better than paying (again) for dustbin collection. I don't know how the idiot government thinks we're all going to take that but I have my own idea.

[PAH]

Could be handy when we start getting charged for our non-recyclable waste. Stick it in a suitcase and leave it at the airport. Then wait for sum mug to buy it.

[TheFaQQer]

Yeah, as many Hawaiian shirts and flip flops as you can carry.

(They also do "sell offs" in this country, its a bit pot luck though as the suitcases are sold with their contents unseen. A nice expensive looking suitcase can go for £30. usually bought by market traders)

The American one buys up all the left luggage available it seems, then sorts it, cleans it, and sells it on. They also get lost freight as well, so you can get some new things.

There was a feature on the BBC News site about it last year.

[Archangel]

There's a place in America that gathers all the unclaimed stuff and sells it on.

You can get some bargains there - since people tend to take away their fanciest clobber with them when going on holidays.

Yeah, as many Hawaiian shirts and flip flops as you can carry.

(They also do "sell offs" in this country, its a bit pot luck though as the suitcases are sold with their contents unseen. A nice expensive looking suitcase can go for £30. usually bought by market traders)

[TheFaQQer]

There's a place in America that gathers all the unclaimed stuff and sells it on.

You can get some bargains there - since people tend to take away their fanciest clobber with them when going on holidays.