Luggage Stories

Battered Backpack

June 20, 2010 Luggage Stories

At four months pregnant, I fractured my foot, so I requested wheelchair assistance for boarding and deplaning. At the airport, after learning that our plane had been downsized, I waited over 30 minutes after boarding began for a wheelchair. The gate attendant called for the wheelchair three times, and everyone else had boarded by the [...]

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Airlines Don’t Play Nice With Each Other

June 2, 2010 Luggage Stories

About 6 months ago my wife decided it would be a good idea to use some of her frequent flier mileage to fly on Delta from Spokane to her parents’ place in Houston. When she booked the trip in May with Delta, the itinerary looked normal, Spokane to Salt Lake City, then on to Houston. [...]

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Bound To Get Bag Into Bin

June 1, 2010 Luggage Stories

On the subject of luggage, I witnessed a fellow traveler who was bound and determined to get his bag into the overhead bin, no matter what it took or how much time it involved. As he wrestled and pounded the recalcitrant bag into the space, the passenger tested the bin door to make sure it [...]

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Suspicious Guitar Case

May 30, 2010 Luggage Stories

I had an afternoon flight from Denver, CO back to school in Massachusetts last Christmas break. I checked in with plenty of time, carrying on my laptop and guitar case. When I got to the gate to board the plane, the attendants told me that my boarding pass had not been properly stamped, and asked [...]

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Worn-Out Clothes At Wedding Due To Lost Bag

May 17, 2010 Luggage Stories

Flying DCA to PIT to attend a late summer wedding. Flew Friday evening for Saturday wedding. Wedding was in a small town 60 miles outside of PIT. Just out of college, so not a lot of spare cash. I traveled in a pretty old shirt and an equally old pair of jeans. Anyway, I arrived [...]

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Flight Delays And Luggage In Limbo

April 23, 2010 Luggage Stories

I recently took a trip from Long Island, NY to Cincinnati, OH on US Airways Express (Air Wisconsin). I haven’t flown US Airways in a long, long time, but they were the cheapest available. I arrived at the airport, checked in fine only to discover that they are now charging $25.00 to check bags… that’s [...]

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Berated Over Overweight Bags

April 20, 2010 Luggage Stories

My family flew to Vienna with Austrian Airlines. Two of our luggages were 1 kg overweight. The flight attendant, Susan, who was checking us in, decided to start screaming at us about how we obviously can’t read because the maximum amount of kilograms permitted is 23. My mom proceeded to start emptying her hand bag [...]

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Furious About Fees

March 16, 2010 Luggage Stories

Recently I flew with my daughter from San Jose to Dallas. It was my 2 week vacation to my brother’s place. Not knowing that American Airlines was charging me for luggage, I ended up paying $30 for my 2 bags. I was furious but could not do anything at the last moment. I just could not [...]

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Assistance Requested To Watch Luggage

March 8, 2010 Luggage Stories

The loudspeaker announces the security warning clearly, “Do not leave your luggage with anyone else…” Yet, inevitably, someone always asks me to watch their luggage for them while they go… wherever. Once, while waiting for a connecting international flight, this lovely older person asked me to watch her one piece of carry-on luggage while she [...]

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Violin Is Verboten On Flight

March 2, 2010 Luggage Stories

I can’t even tell you how excited I was to be heading to this particular music camp. Not only was it out of state (a big venture for someone who had been in Florida her entire life), but it was a very renowned program that would give me a ton of experience. Seeing that it [...]

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