Originally Posted by
hessinger
This I have done-- twice. It's been nearly two weeks without a single response. The other number not listed is 310-242-9084 and it too does not get you to a human. A confirmation whether or not they actually have the item would be nice and the only way I see doing that now is getting hold on a human. I've also tried calling LAX AA without any further help.
AA has no way of helping you. If you left the item at the checkpoint, it's TSA or nobody (in other words somebody walked off with it). I've managed to do this twice and in both cases had my item physically back within 5 days (and a hefty Fedex invoice).