Re:What's on an airline baggage tag?
by prakash on Friday August 07, 2009 @10:11AM
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From what I have heard, sometimes it's profitable for airlines to offload your luggage in-favor of some cargo item, since the person sending that cargo is paying more than you are or is a large customer or that cargo has to be somewhere within 24 hours.
This way, the airlines make money. Even inn cases they have to pay out a per-day amount/ compensate you for lost luggage -- they come out ahead on the money they make via sending someone else's cargo.
Re:What's on an airline baggage tag?
by jonsen on Friday August 07, 2009 @11:39AM
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I've seen it. From the gate waiting for boarding I saw cargo loaded in the plane. Later they announced that not all luggage 'could' be accommodated aboard and was to follow on the next plane.
This way, the airlines make money. Even inn cases they have to pay out a per-day amount/ compensate you for lost luggage -- they come out ahead on the money they make via sending someone else's cargo.