Avoiding Lost Luggage At Airports
Last year my bags went missing when I arrived at Singapore. Fortunately I had taken some precautions which helped the airport customer services trace my luggage. This was the first time this had happened to me after many flights.
Make sure you put a label inside your bags with your home address and contact numbers. I also added a time line with all the flight numbers and dates.
Packing
You can get a lot more clothes in your bag if you roll them up and you will have much less creasing, for your nice outfits. Always take change of clothes and two days underwear in your hand baggage. Hotels have laundry or wash them yourself you can last a good while. Obviously you can buy some cheap clothes locally.
I put bright stickers on my cases to make them easy to spot on a busy luggage claim carousel.
Take photos of all your baggage. If you have a photo put flight number details on the back. Know the weight limits for your bags and weigh on bathroom scales to avoid embarrassment at check-in. Excess weight baggage can get expensive.
Make sure you keep the receipt for your bags you get at check-in. This will have a bar code on it which will help the airport staff to find your bags. KEEP COOL I was in a state of near panic!
Be polite with the staff, you are upset of course but they are trying to help you! You will have to fill a form in where you provide details of your hotel and forward journey. An email address is very useful if you don't have one get a free one like gmail or yahoo. Nearly all hotels have internet access these days.
My luggage finally turned up at my hotel after two days. I could have managed but my onward 3 week trip to Thailand, was so much better with all my stuff.
When back home, I sent an email thanking the customer services staff. Remember, they have a very difficult job handling abusive, upset people all day!
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
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