What's a reasonable time to wait for luggage?
Nov 25, 2015, 12:49 am
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What's a reasonable time to wait for luggage?
I've just landed in LHR from IAH, and it seems there is an issue with the cargo door on the plane. We've been waiting some time, I am really do need to get to London for a meeting... Advise?
Should I ask GGL line to courier to me later? What's the form for these situations?
Thanks
Should I ask GGL line to courier to me later? What's the form for these situations?
Thanks
Nov 25, 2015, 1:06 am
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we had a flight where a trolley load of bags went astray between the aircraft and belt (turned out it had broken down but they could not get in touch with anyone) I spoke to the baggage people after about an hour and suggest they start making baggage reports to arrange delivery and let people get one their way since there was no ETA. They agreed but just as about to make report, the bags arrived
Nov 25, 2015, 8:29 am
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Nov 25, 2015, 11:28 am
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I would not leave the airport without making a report. Calling in later raises all manner of issues relating to security with unattended bags. Not the time to test the system these days.
Nov 26, 2015, 9:22 am
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The two and a half hours I spent on the tarmac waiting for the incompetent Menzies crew to figure out how to get the luggage up the stairs from the regional to the jetway.
Dolts--all of them.
Dolts--all of them.
Nov 26, 2015, 9:53 am
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Disparaging remarks and name calling serves little purpose. Do you know for a fact that it was incompetence that they could not get the door opened? Maybe it was your bag that slipped and blocked the door in such a way as to keep it from opening. Who knows. In any event I am sure you don't want to know what the Menzies crew thinks of you.
Nov 26, 2015, 10:02 am
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it was not uncommon in T1 domestics to wait longer for your bags than you spent in the air, especially if a number of domestic flights all arrived around the same time.
I would hope the bags were on the belt within 15 minutes
I am not sure what you consider "a while"
Probably start to get frustrated after 20 minutes
I did wait over an hour for bags at DXB in the summer arriving from Glasgow.
I would hope the bags were on the belt within 15 minutes
I am not sure what you consider "a while"
Probably start to get frustrated after 20 minutes
I did wait over an hour for bags at DXB in the summer arriving from Glasgow.
Nov 26, 2015, 10:12 am
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Apparently 20 minutes is plenty long enough for any competent, well organized airline:
https://www.alaskaair.com/content/tr...s-or-less.aspx
I'm sure there would be a secondary benefit of reducing the amount of junk carried into the cabin if airlines could deliver faster, more reliably.
https://www.alaskaair.com/content/tr...s-or-less.aspx
I'm sure there would be a secondary benefit of reducing the amount of junk carried into the cabin if airlines could deliver faster, more reliably.
Nov 26, 2015, 10:18 am
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I've just landed in LHR from IAH, and it seems there is an issue with the cargo door on the plane. We've been waiting some time, I am really do need to get to London for a meeting... Advise?
Should I ask GGL line to courier to me later? What's the form for these situations?
Thanks
Should I ask GGL line to courier to me later? What's the form for these situations?
Thanks
Nov 26, 2015, 1:51 pm
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Disparaging remarks and name calling serves little purpose. Do you know for a fact that it was incompetence that they could not get the door opened? Maybe it was your bag that slipped and blocked the door in such a way as to keep it from opening. Who knows. In any event I am sure you don't want to know what the Menzies crew thinks of you.