freshairborne

I have left a pair of prescription sunglasses in the cockpit, but we all put our names and crew base, and usually a phone # on the important stuff and other pilots will get it back to the owners pretty quick.

As a passenger, I've never left anything more than maybe a paperback book behind. I have retrieved lots of stuff for passengers, though, and have personally FedExed a few things to their owners. It really helps if there's some contact info on your stuff somewhere. If there's a cell phone # on something and a pilot or FA finds it a flight or two down line, you will likely have it back in a day or two.

FAB

CasaDeTony

Kindle

It was actually on a LX flight to Zurich (yeah, I know this is a United thread, but its *A right??)

It turns out Zurich airport has an online lost and found system, and they will send your item for free to any airport served by Swiss Airlines!

Dudemius

Twice.

In early 2011 I left a phone on board while connecting at DIA. I realized about 15 minutes later it was gone while grabbing some chow. I was pretty upset but shortly I was paged by name, and after answering a UA FA said she had it and would meet me to return it. What's interesting is she couldn't determine the phone owners name, so she called a recent phone number, which happened to be a co-worker who was also transiting Denver at that time (different flights). Co-worker figured it had to be me and the phone was recovered.

Later that year I left a new blazer on board at DCA on the final return segment from SIN. It's possible to be a little worn out after that trip and I just lost track of it. This was in F and the FA that hung the blazer ought to have returned but he was too busy talking. I reported it immediately but never saw it again. My fault for leaving it.

exmike

Was so tired at a layover in IAH that when we landed I just walked off the plane without my bag to my next flight. When I got to the next terminal I heard and overhead announcement about a bag left on my previous flight and I ran back to pick it up.

dcpdxtrans

oh, some very nice cuff links. I tried to get those back too, but no dice...

bldr1k

I left my Bose headphones on the empty seat next to me earlier this year, flying from PEK-ORD in coach.

One of the pilots called my cellphone (my business card was in the case) and delivered them to me in the United Club. I'm not sure how the pilot got them but little things like this are what keep me with United.

UA_Flyer

I left a pouch with a number of cables and chargers (iphone, blackberry, etc.) and ipod nano/with eary plug in it last Wednesday night on IAD-SMF flight.

I did not noticed I left it behind until I checked into the hotel. I was really upset that I still have days to go on this trip and having to go purchase replacement. iPod was sentimental as it was a gift from my daughter.

Surprisingly I received an email next morning from the United Sacramento baggage agent asking me if I had left important personal belonging on the flight, and asked me to stop by luggage claim office on my way out of SMF.

As soon as I walked into the luggage claim office, two nice ladies immediately knew who I was there for. They saw my family photo stored on the iPod while trying to tracking me down.

I thank the aircraft cleaner for not throw my pouch into the trash. The pouch is actually the BF amenity bag that I have been using it to store my cables and chargers while I travel.

An email was sent to GS to commend the great customer services of SMF agents.

mshimansky

This just happened to me for the first time, left my Kindle in the seatback in front of me on a flight from IAH-ORD. I called that night from the hotel once I realized and the next day - they had it and verified it was mine over the phone, it was held fro me in a safe until my return flight home on Friday. Excellent service on that flight too, great job UA.

vkykam

My sanity.

Was never returned.

Does that count?

WineCountryUA

well at least you had it at one time

KenInEscazu

2 QC3s, each with my iPod and business card inside the case. - Never found. (Ha!)

1 Tempur-Pedic seat cushion on its inaugural flight from Columbia, SC to ORD. Realized it as I was walking to the UC. Being closer to the UC than the gate, I had an agent call. Said the plane had already departed, and the cleaning crew didn't find it. Had to wait for it to get wherever. Filled out a form. Never got it back. Grrrr....

My first trip to Medellin, Colombia was on Taca. I left my iPhone in the seat. I had used it at SJO before departure, and I remembered putting it under my leg before dozing off. I was all the way into Medellin and checked into my hotel when I realized what I had done. Called Taca, and they had already found it, put it away in Security and had it waiting for me there when I departed. ^^ to Taca! With Colombia's reputation, that one shocked me. Not so much now that I know the city of Medellin so well. It's like everyone there is working to overcome their tarnished image.

I also had a QC-15/iPod lifted from my laptop case in the boarding area at MIA. Miami Police opened a case and looked harder for that loss than did UA on any of the occasions I left something on board one of their planes. They never caught the perp. I was conveniently seated in a blind spot for the cameras.

JVPhoto

My signed copy of Just Kids by Patti Smith on a flight from EWR to CDG...I like to think it became a meaningful source of inspiration to the new owner.

anc-ord772

Passport

Laptop - forgot to take it out of the seat back on a last minute VDB. Ran back to the gate but the plane had pushed. I flew on the flight behind and was miserable. Luckily SFO luggage had it waiting for me.

I left a Tag Heuer at EWR security. Still waiting.

ORDFlyer33

I got off my ORD-FRA flight and after passing through immigration in FRA and while emptying my pockets going through security (going to a connecting flight so immigration by the Tower LH Lounge), I noticed my iphone was not in my pants pocket. It must have slipped out in the seat (J seat, upper deck 747) during the flight. I went to the LH lounge and they called the gate and the United lady that is always there to meet the flights was able to find it and returned it to me - she passed through immigration and security to get it to me.

^

arturox2

iPad Mini. Tried all of the United phone numbers (baggage claim at IAD, general claims/lost & found). No joy.