> > > It sounds like a typical, normal trip to me. How many countries did your luggage visit?
> > > Howard
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> Two questions, seņor Howard. (1) How many countries has YOUR luggage 'accidentally' visited in one trip, and how often does that particular inconvenience happen? (2) What can one do to help PREVENT said inconvenience from occurring as often as it might?
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> It must happen more frequently than I think. > Wolf "The thing that's always amazed me about retrieving one's luggage is that using the baggage carousel is based on the honour system :-)" spirit

Just yesterday, my daughter(the flight attendent)and I had a conversation about this, and we agreed
that the lost luggage thing has been blown way out of porportion. She had just returned from a vacation in Ireland via London, San Francisco, Chicago to Knoxville, and even with some last minute flight changes, her luggage was right there on the carosel in Knoxville. I have made hundreds of commercial flights only twice has my luggage not made it. Both times, it showed up the next day.
Howard