Originally Posted by BA1A

Forgive the obvious question but isn't it a bit daft to check in a designer (which presumably means expensive) case given the way luggage is thrown around, not to mention the added attraction it must be for those less than honest baggage handlers that can be found all over the world?

I recently meet a couple who retrieved 4 pieces of Louis Vuitton luggage in ANU, much to my amazement!! I can just about understand it when it's hand luggage where you can keep an eye on it but even that's a risk sometimes as you can see from this thread in the VS forum:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=890674