Originally Posted by
c1223
I'm sure if you fought hard enough you'd be able to get your items back for free. Can't imagine it can be too legal to withhold something you lost and try to charge you for it. Unless there's some small print somewhere where you enter a contract with those arrangements.
Hear hear!
On a plane, the item is not lost, it is mislaid. Is it legal for the airline to hand your possession to another company who then holds it hostage for a fee...? The airline surely has a duty to locate the owner first of all.