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Why Do We Trust Passengers Not To Steal Bags From Baggage Claim?

by Gary Leff on July 31, 2025

Jul 31 2025

Why is it that we don’t trust airlines to get our checked bags to their destination – the old saying is that “there are two kinds of luggage, carry on and lost” – but we totally trust fellow passengers not to take our bags from baggage claim?

“Many bags look alike” and your bag could easily be taken by mistake, even assuming other passengers aren’t nefarious. When you don’t find your bag on the belt at baggage claim, you assume the airline lost it, rather than someone stole it.

Delta Baggage Manager Warns: Thieves At Claim Areas Steal Your Luggage Tags To File Fraudulent Reports

by Gary Leff on July 11, 2025

Jul 11 2025

People steal baggage tags off of luggage at baggage claim, and report those bags missing for compensation from the airline.

30 Years, Not A Single Lost Bag: Osaka Kansai’s Unmatched Record Puts U.S. Airports To Shame

by Gary Leff on May 3, 2024

Osaka Kansai airport takes pride that it has a 30 year record of not losing a single piece of luggage.

Airport rankings for least mishandled bags – attributable to the airport itself are as follows.

Skip Baggage Claim: Delta To Eliminate Luggage Collection And Re-check For International Arrivals

by Gary Leff on April 21, 2024

Apr 21 2024

Delta Air Lines is working with the U.S. government so that connecting passengers arriving off of international flights won’t have to collect their checked baggage and drag it through customs themselves. Starting with flights arriving from Tokyo Haneda, and potentially by the end of the year, passengers will be able to check bags through to their final connecting destinations in the United States. Update: the pilot of this program will begin at Seoul Incheon airport, not Tokyo Haneda.

Luggage Theft Prank by YouTube Star Ends With Victim Taken Down By Police

by Gary Leff on March 10, 2024

Mar 10 2024

A YouTube ‘prankster’ took a passenger’s luggage at baggage claim and his partner filmed the reaction. The passengerr lost it, going after the man who took the bag. Police responded to the altercation – and tackled the man whose luggage was stolen because he was seen attacking the YouTube perpetrator.

Subdued and cuffed, the passenger offered his explanation of what happened. His bag was beig taken, but he also committed assault – while the filming continued. Video of the incident contains language that is not safe for work (or safe for work from home, for that matter).

Fight Breaks Out At Chicago O’Hare Baggage Claim

by Gary Leff on May 23, 2023

May 23 2023

It’s not clear what started the fight, but this actually breaks out into more than one fight. It always amazes me that at a major international airport there are numerous law enforcement agencies of all kinds on premises, and cameras literally everywhere, yet no one seems to intervene.

Passenger Checked A Trash Can As Luggage – And It Made It All The Way To Baggage Claim

by Gary Leff on April 29, 2023

Apr 29 2023

Sometimes you’re cutting it close when you travel, and when you land off of a flight you’re going to have to head straight to work. You need all your tools and supplies with you – no time, even, to… stop at Target? And, I guess, that’s one reason that someone might check a plastic trash can as luggage.

Former Biden Administration Official Has Been Stealing Luggage From Airports Since 2018

by Gary Leff on February 22, 2023

Feb 22 2023

A fashion designer had their bag stolen five years ago. They saw the story on television of the latest thefts on television, and saw photos of Brinton… wearing their custom-designed clothes that had been in the bag!

I don’t care about their personal life, I respect their activism, but mostly I worry that this has been going on for years and they require serious security clearance to be in charge of nuclear materials and it never came up – but the internet figured it out?

Man Falls Through Ceiling Of Tampa Airport, Lands At Baggage Claim

by Gary Leff on February 21, 2023

Feb 21 2023

The fastest way down to baggage claim, though, if you’re in a hurry is to go through the ceiling. At least that’s what one man discovered at the Tampa airport. He “fell through the ceiling and landed in [Southwest Airlines] baggage claim” on Monday evening, according to a passenger who reported witnessing the event.

Young Child Jumps On Baggage Carousel While Tossing Luggage

by Gary Leff on January 5, 2023

Jan 05 2023

A young child was “running riot and jumping on a moving baggage carousel while throwing luggage on the ground” at Melbourne airport. After a long flight he probably had excess energy, and what better playground than baggage claim?