Read more luggage stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4364/luggage.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:27:57 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/67310/pissed-airline-passenger-back-on-youtube.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDave Carroll, who so memorably commemorated his terrible experience with United Airlines in the YouTube sensation United Breaks Guitars is at it again, Consumerist reports. The singer/songwriter/guitar-rights activist has released a more ambitious video cleverly titled United Breaks Guitars: Song 2 , with a slightly more conciliatory tone. And don’t worry,...http://www.newser.com/story/67310/pissed-airline-passenger-back-on-youtube.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 19 Aug 2009 15:09:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59380/belongings-trickle-back-to-flight-1549-passengers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOver the past few weeks, items both practical and sentimental have been returned to the lucky passengers of Flight 1549, the New York Times reports. Even ruined belongings are packed carefully in tissue paper and dryer sheets. “It made a very emotional experience as positive as it could have been,...http://www.newser.com/story/59380/belongings-trickle-back-to-flight-1549-passengers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 18 May 2009 14:43:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52156/carry-on-fewer-checked-bags-cut-lost-luggage.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThrough their relentless fees, airlines have managed to put the task of transporting often-lost luggage in much safer hands. Last year—as passengers carried aboard the baggage they previously checked for free—airlines lost 1.3 million fewer bags than in 2007, the Chicago Tribune reports. The 33% improvement was...http://www.newser.com/story/52156/carry-on-fewer-checked-bags-cut-lost-luggage.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 02 Mar 2009 2:05:21 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/48479/flight-1549-passengers-get-5k-to-offset-lost-luggage.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSaying that passengers of Flight 1549 will not get their belongings back for months, if ever, US Airways sent each $5,000, CNN reports; the airline also provided “an obvious reimbursement” of the ticket price. As part of the investigation, all luggage must be weighed in its “current state,” dried...http://www.newser.com/story/48479/flight-1549-passengers-get-5k-to-offset-lost-luggage.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 20 Jan 2009 15:18:29 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/33782/luggage-glitch-snarls-jfk.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA software glitch continues to cripple the baggage-handling system in an American Airlines terminal at JFK airport. The malfunction is giving headaches to passengers flying out of Terminal 8, one of the newer buildings at the airport. Thousands of customers had to leave their luggage behind and hope it would...http://www.newser.com/story/33782/luggage-glitch-snarls-jfk.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 30 Jul 2008 20:20:47 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/33695/delta-doubles-charge-for-second-bag-to-100.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDelta Air Lines has doubled its fee to check a second bag to $100 on domestic roundtrip flights, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution . The airline, struggling with sky-high fuel prices, is also hiking fees for heavy baggage and items like surfboards that need special handling. Delta officials said they have no...http://www.newser.com/story/33695/delta-doubles-charge-for-second-bag-to-100.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 30 Jul 2008 3:55:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/31350/new-bags-let-laptop-users-fly-through-security.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEagerly awaited "checkpoint friendly" luggage is at last in the pipeline, and travelers will be able to clear airport security without removing laptops from their bags by September or October, the New York Times reports. The TSA-approved bags allow security personnel to see computers on X-ray machines through either protective...http://www.newser.com/story/31350/new-bags-let-laptop-users-fly-through-security.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 01 Jul 2008 16:10:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/29864/united-adopts-15-checked-bag-charge.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagUnited Airlines will follow rival American Airlines in charging $15 for a first checked bag. The new fee was announced today, 3 weeks after American set the precedent. United says the fee affects customers who buy tickets beginning tomorrow for domestic flights Aug. 18 or later.http://www.newser.com/story/29864/united-adopts-15-checked-bag-charge.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Jun 2008 11:02:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/28590/aa-should-bag-boneheaded-luggage-fee.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmerican Airlines’ plan to charge passengers $15 to check a bag is likely to cost the carrier more money than it generates, Joe Brancatelli argues in Portfolio . “Not only will it infuriate flyers—who are already annoyed with American’s lousy operating efficiency and its recent maintenance snafus—it’s likely to...http://www.newser.com/story/28590/aa-should-bag-boneheaded-luggage-fee.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 29 May 2008 6:28:41 CDT