Originally Posted by
BAHumbug
I hear what people are saying and I'm not trying to detract from it (I can well imagine it's a total PITA) but these are anecdotal and NOT large samples.
Clubman has an extended family that loses baggage as a matter of course. I have an extended family that has never had bags go astray (fingers crossed, of course). So where does that leave us ?
I'm going to turn into a BA-apologist before this post is done...but all people are confirming is what I originally said:
People only post when their bags are lost.
What is relevant is that statistically the poster is likely to get his bags at the end of his flight - he has (if the figure is to be believed) a 2% chance of his bags going astray.
In answer to the OPs question only he can make a value judgment as to whether a 2% chance of his bags going off on a little adventure is enough for him to pay to have them shipped (which presumably incurs a risk in and of itself of the bags going astray). In other words, think logically and weigh up the evidence rather than going on data which will inevitably be skewed.
BAH
Unless he has more than one case of course - if he is with family (say 4 in total) and they each have 2 bags, then there is a 8% (1 in 12) that one of the bags will go missing.
BAH, do you connect through LHR much or just stop there? My most recent trip was a 2h 15m connection
incoming to and outgoing from T1, flying in on a BA FIRST ticket (and bags tagged as such with FIRST and Priority tags, plus T1 SHORT). So there is little excuse for that not making it, I would have thought. Because I connect to a regional service (remember them), I suspect that skews my chances somewhat.
Does anyone know, is the 2% figure for all bags handled or for transfer bags only?