Originally Posted by
sunrisegirl
Definitely. We get lots of stuff handed in and it's kept in the baggage office for a period of, I believe, 3 months. The office at LGW is full of phones, iPods, books, coats, scarves and all kinds of weird and wonderful stuff left on aircraft, in lounges, etc.
The lady is right that they can't open an official case, but don't lose all hope.
If you get no job talking to them from SYD, do ask on your arrival at LHR if they can double check for you.
Good luck
I left my phone on a LCA-LHR and realised I had done so at the carousels.
When I spoke to the BA staff there they said they would ask for the seat to be checked and if the phone was found it would go to lost property.
When I called lost property the next day, I found out they didn't have my phone (Nokia N95 with gold effect casing, quite distinctive).
Now, here's the thing...
I asked if they ever switch on the phones that get handed incase the owner is trying to call it, hoping and praying someone answers who is kind enough to help them get their phone back.
He told me, NO, and if they are switched on, we switch them off, they are noisy.
Seriously, it's not rocket science, there's no reason for a lost phone which has ended up in "good hands" ie: lost property, not get back to its owner.
If I found a mobile phone on a flight I wouldn't like the idea of handing it in to the airline, I might as well just throw it in the bin, on the other hand, would I take a phone of unknown origin through airport security?
What would you do if you found a mobile phone on a plane?
Simon, I hope you get your stuff back!