Originally Posted by
rfrost
Another thread, of older vintage than this, reports on a significant amount of disappearing bags at SVO--any experience with DME? I have a lengthy trip coming up, and would like to check a bag, but not for the purpose of donating it to the Russian mafia.
In 14 years flying into SVO and DME I have never had a bag go missing or anything stolen, and I have never known anyone who has. That's not to say it cannot happen, but I wouldn't particularly panic about it.