Originally Posted by
simon stingray
After reading this would we be safer taking everything we need in hand luggage? The thought of our checked luggage going round the LHR baggage system overnight (for almost 24 hours) also worries me.
The bags will be much safer in the warehouse than in your hotel room. And one fewer touch point in the process to go wrong. As ever, do the photo, do the contact sheet and take a few things that you really need with you, but that's regardless of bags in the system or not. This isn't a systemic problem, it's an anecdote with soome key details uncertain.