This thread reminds me of a classic Delta memory. I left a suit in a garment bag in the front closet on a flight into JFK. I filled out the form and called Delta and the connecting airport once I realized--they didn't have it. Had a flight a day or two later from JFK and checked at the Delta lost and found there. The woman there was really nice, let me look through all the suits they had (a lot!), and it was not there. I was like "what do you think I should do?" She said "give up forever."