Lost and Found Policies
Is This Your Lost Luggage?
I came across a website that brings a new meaning to the phrase, “airing out your dirty laundry.”
Luna Laboo, the creator of IsThisYourLuggage.com, is hoping to reunite owners with their lost luggage.
When bags go missing, airport lost and found departments usually wait about 48-hours to hear from the owner before rummaging through the bag to find a way [...]
6 Steps to Return a Lost Item
You stumble across a cell phone or wallet on the street. What do you do with it?   Turn it in to the lost and found? Take these 6 steps to reunite the owner with their missing itemand they will be forever grateful!
Step 1
Post the item online at a local website in your area. Make sure [...]
Lost Luggage Compensation To Increase
Â
The amount of money passenger could receive from an airline if they lose their luggage is about to go up.
The United Nation’s International Civil Aviation Organization drew plans for a 13.1-percent increase for mishandled luggage. The organization is citing an increase in occurrences as a reason for taking action. Last year 32-million bags were mishandled.
The move [...]
Lost and Found Sign of the Times
It’s that time again when elementary, middle and high schools are cleaning off the shelves of their lost and found department and getting ready for the start of a new school year.
Electronics, fleece jackets, sweaters, jeans, footwear, umbrellas and even library books are among the unclaimed items filling up storage bins that students lost last year. Some of [...]
Finding Lost Items at Disneyland
It’s summer vacation and for millions of lucky people, that means a trip to Disneyland. In fact, the magical theme park in Anaheim, California, attracts 14 million visitors each year from all over the world.
According to DisneylandReport.com, 200,000 lost items are turned into the lost and found each year. And you might be as surprised as [...]
Honolulu Airport Lost and Found Overflowing
 It’s getting more difficult to find anything in the Lost and Found Recovery Service department at the Honolulu International Airport. Some of the missing items that are left behind by travelers include cell phones, iPods, cameras, sunglasses, skateboards and belts. Other items that show up regularly are laptop computers, house and car keys and they [...]
Lost and Found Departments = Frustration
We all know that customer service at most large retail outlets from grocery stores, restaurants, drug stores, and malls usually have a lost and found area, if not an entire department.
Air Canada To Change Course On Luggage Policy
Â
Â
Â
Think you can’t fight the big boys and win? Don’t tell that to 26-year-old Gabor Lukacs.
Â
The Winnipeg man convinced the Canadian Transport Agency (CTA) to agree with him that Air Canada’s policy stating they are not responsible for delayed, damaged or lost luggage was unfair, and must be changed within 90 days.
Â
The CTA ruling impacts [...]
Airport Lost And Found Drug Store
Â
Did you ever wonder what happens to all of those items confiscated at airport security checkpoints prior to boarding?
Â
Ever since the 3-1-1 rule went into effect for commercial flights, airport lost and found departments have turned into make-shift drug stores. I’m not sure if it’s because people don’t understand what the numbers mean, or they’re [...]
China Launches Human DNA Lost and Found
China is faced with many problems including pollution, population control, and food shortages. But one of the fastest growing problems is underground child trafficking. The government has come up with a unique solution to this problem; a centralized DNA database to act as a national ‘Lost and Found’ for missing children.