Stolen from luggage
Jun 6, 2019, 12:45 pm
#16
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: UK
Programs: BAEC
Posts: 1,910
It seems to be only TSA that leave occasional love letters, and then under contentious and variable conditions. My bags were probably searched by UK BF not TSA.
OP had stuff nicked and went nowhere near USA so this is a bit of a diversion.
OP had stuff nicked and went nowhere near USA so this is a bit of a diversion.
Jun 6, 2019, 12:57 pm
#17
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 5,914
Jun 6, 2019, 4:57 pm
#18
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Argentina
Posts: 40,223
Plastic wrapped cases are a common sight at EZE check-in yet we or anyone we know who don't bother with that faff have ever had any problem with 'stuff' going missing. Like EZE MAD also has a reputation for theft but again I've never heard any stories from travellers who use MAD a lot.
Jun 6, 2019, 5:21 pm
#19
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: UK
Programs: BA Executive Club, Flying Blue
Posts: 215
I've had similar incidents before, once with gifts stolen, once with a TOTALLY trashed case that came out as if it has been on an industrial shredder and had been plastic wrapped together in the sorriest state, and another with the lock smashed in. Surprisingly all three incidents involved flights leaving BCN across three different airlines. Maybe I'm unlucky but haven't checked in a bag there since.
Jun 6, 2019, 9:00 pm
#20
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: UK
Programs: BA Gold, AA 1MM lifetime gold, Starwood gold, Marriott Gold Elite
Posts: 719
One of our suitcases had been opened and searched by MAD customs during our Easter trip to Spain. We had locked it using the code lock. When unpacking at the hotel, there was a tiny card saying ‘inspected by xxx’. If not for the card, we would have been oblivious to the inspection.
Jun 7, 2019, 2:38 am
#21
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: HEL/ARN/JFK/ORD/SFO
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 85
A couple of years ago had a few brand new shirts stolen from my luggage (a sports bag) somewhere between EWR-LHR-ARN. Had no receipt so BA offered 50% of the estimated value, which was fine. Not sure if this a standard policy nowadays
Jun 7, 2019, 3:44 am
#22
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: UK oop north
Programs: BMI Diamond Club RIP,BAEC Silver
Posts: 1,692
We can all call out the TSA but as others have said and it seems standard practice, a note is inserted in the luggage and we are asked to use TSA approved locks. With either Spanish Customs or UK border force or security we are non the wiser whether it’s thievery or official intervention. Not good.