Have the airlines ever lost your luggage?

Sounds like a scene from an Indiana Jones movie....EX: Sean Connery

 

Maybe you should try eating a sandwich in bed.

 

I flew to Seattle once and the luggage guys accidentally put the ENTIRE PLANE's luggage on the wrong plane. It ended up going to San Jose or something.

They gave everyone a $250 credit and we got our luggage later that day.

 

When I was in the Marines, United lost over $800 of my uniforms, including my evening dress uniform, which costs a mint. I was not amused.

These are the prices from a company that makes Marine unis.
EVENING DRESS JACKET $ 275.00
TROUSERS (up to 40 inch waist), Evening Dress $ 85.00
EVENING DRESS JACKET, Made-to-Measure $ 375.00
TROUSERS (42 inch waist and above), Evening Dress, Made-to-Measure $ 125.00

Ouch! Fortunately, they finally compensated me for the loss, but getting tailored for new ones was not fun.

 

In 1987, I flew Southwest from Los Angeles to Houston for a wedding, then on to Albuquerque for vacation in Santa Fe, then back to Los Angeles.

Since I was gone for 10 days, I packed two suitcases with most of my clothing in them, plus it was wintertime so I had all of my warm weather stuff packed.

Southwest Airlines lost both bags during the Houston-Albuquerque flight. Never found them.

I wound up suing them in small claims court when I got back to LA and they settled by cutting me a check for $1500.