A crazy thing happened to my luggage while traveling from Singapore (SIN) to Bali (DPS) on AirAsia. When our flight landed, Kim and I were exhausted. We found our bags quickly and got a cab to our hotel.

It was really late but I was in desperate need of a shower. I went to get my toiletries from my bag and noticed that my lock was missing and replaced by the one shown above. I have been using a black TSA lock to keep my Osprey Airporter closed. I use the Airporter to protect the straps on my backpacks from getting caught in x-ray machines or conveyor belts and possibly getting cut to free them.

At first I was like ..., how am I opening my bag? I immediately considered twisting the zipper to break it open or going to get a knife to cut the Airporter open. However, I really did not want to break the bag. I need it for my current and future trips and would rather not shell out another $30 to replace it.

I decided to try to open up the lock and lucky for me the dumbass that placed the wrong lock back on my bag never locked this one! I was now able to get back into my bag without destroying my Airporter!

I've searched all over Bali and have yet to find a TSA lock for sale in any of the shops. Maybe I'll have better luck when we get to Kuala Lumpur!

I'm sorry but by no stretch of the imagination is this a "trip report". Though you did cause me to recall this:

Cell Phone Lost, Found, All In Thrilling Four-Minute Period

I totally agree that it is not a trip report but did not see a place where it was fit to post and share. This seemed like the best area.

I found it crazy to get my bag back with a different lock on it and thought it was interesting enough to share with FT!