Ah the old Confirmation Bias.. to have faith in the anecdote that supports the conclusion you want, good luck!


Bike Fridays travel bikes still pack smaller .. FWIW

They probably thought there was tin foil under there and figured you for a nut-job

The Icelandair gate agent smiled at me when he said that their safety record is pretty good.

I really do not care if they think I have tin foil under the helmet, I did not have room for it in my carryon bag whereas I did on previous trips.

I realize I am a little behind on this one, but I thought that I would weigh in anyhow. The newest problem that has been created for us that have S&S couplers or those with break aways, is I get asked several times, "are you carrying sports equipment?" The carrier is only liable for $500 (some slightly more or less) for each piece of luggage or package that you carry. If you answer yes, they will want you to pay for extra insurance $10/$100 of insurance. I don't see a way around this one. That is an insane amount of money! If you don't claim it as sports equipment and they loose it or damage it, you're screwed. I'll buy a used bike for my annual trip to Florida and leave it at my parents house.

Several credit card companies will also cover lost luggage, and probably damaged luggage. It is worth looking into.

I'm not a real frequent traveller, but I've lost luggage twice. I think both on international flights. On both occasions, it showed up a few days later. At least one time, the elastic band hang-tag fell off, so the new sticky tape tags should be significantly more secure.

I always take a photo of my luggage before I check it. Then when I have to describe it, I can show them what it looks like on my digital screen on my camera.

I think the longest luggage delivery delay I had was about 24 hours. I do not recall how many times my luggage was late over the years, but my missing a flight due to airline delays is now much more common than my luggage being later to arrive than me.

Luggage delays happen, but are much less frequent now than a decade or two ago.

I always use two luggage tags, on rare occasion the bag arrives with only one tag. And when you open my luggage, on top is a copy of my itinerary, so if all the tags get stripped off of my luggage at least they can figure out who owns it and where it was supposed to be.

Some of the airlines are starting to experiment with chips imbedded in airline luggage tags. Not sure if that will help much for on time delivery, but it may speed things up when it gets misplaced in transit, as their computer system might be better at knowing where it is.