How I Learned to Let Go of My Baggage — Literally

The questions to ask yourself when deciding whether checking a bag is the right strategy for a given flight

I used to hold the traditional view of frequent, childless travelers: You can have my suitcase when you take it from my cold, dead hands. When I land, I want to leave the airport as quickly as possible — I don’t want to stand around at baggage claim, like an idiot, wondering how long it will take my bag to drop down a conveyor belt. I don’t want to run the risk that you will lose my bag, or put it on a later flight than the one I’m on.

Still, I don’t check bags all the time. Here are the questions I ask myself to decide whether checking a bag is the right strategy for a given flight. How much do I trust this airline to handle bags quickly and correctly? If I’m not on Delta or Alaska, I haven’t been promised anything about when my bag will show up. I waited over 50 minutes for a checked bag after a recent United flight to Newark, and I didn’t get anything for my trouble; I didn’t even get to complain on Twitter, because then I wouldn’t get to feel superior to journalists who use Twitter to complain about airline customer-service problems.

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