stages of baggage claim
May 16, 2015, 3:38 pm
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stages of baggage claim
1)Anger-seriously? Does "priority" tagging mean nothing anymore? I might as well not have put in a priority tag.
2)Denial-my bag cannot not have arrived. I checked in early. And made my connection with plenty of time.
3)Bargaining-just let my bag come. I don't care that it is half an hour later than the first bag! Please just arrive!
4)Acceptance-I guess if it doesn't arrive I'll just go home. I didn't need anything in it tonight anyway.
Grief? Never experienced it. Well, once in my life had a bag that didn't show up.
2)Denial-my bag cannot not have arrived. I checked in early. And made my connection with plenty of time.
3)Bargaining-just let my bag come. I don't care that it is half an hour later than the first bag! Please just arrive!
4)Acceptance-I guess if it doesn't arrive I'll just go home. I didn't need anything in it tonight anyway.
Grief? Never experienced it. Well, once in my life had a bag that didn't show up.
May 19, 2015, 4:49 am
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May 19, 2015, 5:33 am
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May 19, 2015, 5:36 am
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May 19, 2015, 6:59 am
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With some notable exceptions (many Asian carriers anther home airports, true intl first class treatment with some European carriers), this is pretty much true. I fly all over Europe and NA on a regular basis and in 4 out of 5 flights luggage or priority tags make no noticeable difference to speed of recovery.
when observing the loading bay i see the handlers reserve the tagged bags to go last in the cargo (LIFO)
May 19, 2015, 7:58 am
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Depending on the configuration and direction of the choo-choo train process between aircraft and luggage processing facility, LIFO does not necessarily apply. It could be FIFO or indeed whatever we can reach first comes on first.
May 19, 2015, 4:01 pm
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