Pocket knife stolen from checked baggage
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Nov 2010
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Pocket knife stolen from checked baggage
Recently I returned from San Juan, PR, and checked one bag in which was my pocket knife. Upon opening my bag at home I found the notice from TSA that my bag had been searched. Nothing seemed to be disturbed (mostly dirty laundry) but my pocket knife was missing. No mention was made of seizing anything. Whew! I feel safer now.
#2
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: North of DFW
Programs: AA PLT, HH Gold, TSA Disparager Gold, going for Platnium
Posts: 1,535
Recently I returned from San Juan, PR, and checked one bag in which was my pocket knife. Upon opening my bag at home I found the notice from TSA that my bag had been searched. Nothing seemed to be disturbed (mostly dirty laundry) but my pocket knife was missing. No mention was made of seizing anything. Whew! I feel safer now.
I had one knife in particular that was stolen that only TSA would have known where it was (inside of case, inside another and another). The knife was a special military folder done by Benchmade was worth over $300 and was a gift from a friend of mine was killed in Afghanistan so it had alot of meaning to me beyond its monetary value. Both sides pointed fingers at each other until i filed small claims paperwork against Gerad Arpey (head of AA) and the MIA FSD Mark Hatfield Jr. Naming them personally in the case got there attention because TSA coughed up $$$ very quickly and AA gave me a voucher for more then the value of the knife and 50K miles.
In any case you have to have your ducks in a row and be very insistent and keep the pressure on to get anything done.
#3
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: DFW
Posts: 28,111
Recently I returned from San Juan, PR, and checked one bag in which was my pocket knife. Upon opening my bag at home I found the notice from TSA that my bag had been searched. Nothing seemed to be disturbed (mostly dirty laundry) but my pocket knife was missing. No mention was made of seizing anything. Whew! I feel safer now.