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  I flew out of Newark airport, the weekend the 3 ounces of liquid rule was created. Because I expected it to cause havoc at the airport. I got there quite early (4 hours). There was also a rule that you could not be on an airplane without your bag, and your bag cannot be on the plane without you. And yet somehow, when I got to my destination, my bag was not there. I apparently got there so early that they set it aside and never put it on the plane. So much for the you can’t be on the plane without your checked bag rule. Fail.
context: Gotta wonder how many other people are being jerked around by United like this >
  
  It’s United. That line lives to jerk you around. >
  
  I had a woman take my bag once and go home with it. I didn't see it happen but it was a flight of about 37 people in a tiny airport that only gets 3 flights a day.  When she finally came back to the airport and hour later, she apologized and said the bags looked the same. Aside from both being black, they were nothing alike. >
  
  I really don’t know why they don’t make it harder to snatch luggage. >
  
  Set the way back machine to before deregulation and you will find that they actually did check tag numbers before letting you walk out of the luggage area.  Different times. >
  
  I would take bag tag checks back over TSA security theater any day. >
  
  TSA is a huge waste of money and resources. >
  
  I still can't believe even after all these years, they don't have a scanner that would prevent people from having to remove their shoes. 
  I don't use TSA-precheck to begin with since when they offered it to me for free one time, they told me not to remove my belt and sure enough, they had to search me and remove my belt. It's stupid and not worth having to give up biometric data and money in exchange for nothing of value. >
  
  Literally nowhere I've ever flown outside of the US has ever asked me to remove shoes. Not Japan, not China, not Hong Kong, not Australia, not the Philippines, not the UK. I don't understand why you guys are the only people that does it. >
  
  because of the shoe bomber >
  
  Just thank God that he wasn't the jockstrap bomber. >
  
  Well there was the underwear bomber. For some reason they don't make you take those off though. >
  
  Sounds like United just hired some random dude and, surprise, he turns out to be a thief. And rather than actually own up to such a lapse of judgement, they stall and hope the customer just gives up? >
  
  I enjoyed watching her beg apple for something >
  
  Holy hell, just read through the twitter saga. She won't drop it eh. Really thinks she's entitled to something from Apple. >
  
  Dat some good publicity tho >
  
  They've used similar stories about people using Apple Watches to call for help after car accidents or medical issues. I don't see any shame in trying to get some free swag out of a 2 trillion dollar company. They earned that money with marketing and overcharging their customers. You get yours, bag lady!! >
  
  It's a 2 trillion dollar company, as long as you're not harassing poor line/front-facing workers, go try and score from free swag.
  Like period.
  You could hate Apple with the fury of a thousand suns and be actively costing them hundreds of millions a year in bad publicity and I'd still respect you trying to cost them a little more. >
  
  , we tracked our luggage sitting next to the Burger King in the Madrid airport. Sat there for over 24 hours. Delta didn’t know where it was, but we did. Only took 48 hours to get it back. I won’t ever fly without AirPoding luggage… >
  
  Tell me your kids set this up for you without saying your kids set this up for you "airpoding luggage" >
  
  Nobody gives a fuck who did it, and getting help if you need it is hardly a bad thing. Absolute loser energy right there. >
  
  But, you can track AirPods, its the same chip thats in the tag I believe. >
  
  Maybe you're not, but this guy clearly said he did.  I have AirPods but I use my wired studio headphones on the plane and the AirPods are always in my bag as back up. >
  
  Back up meaning when I'm traveling for work, in my checked bag, incase something happens to my main headphones in my carry on. How do you know he used the wrong word?  Maybe it was a similar situation - he had AirPods in his bag and noticed he could track it, exactly like you can with AirTags. >
  
  Some news program put a tracker in a laptop and did the same thing. TSA agent was ripping people off. >
  
  You guys check laptops?.... >
  
  Batteries are seen as possible explosive devices. >
  
  Which is why they're carry on only?....
  Are things that different in the US? >
  
  No. Lol I dunno what this guy is talking about. Not only can they not be checked, they can't even go into the overhead bins. They have to be stored under the seats. >
  
  I don't think I've ever seen anybody checking whether laptops are in the overhead compartment.  Have you? >
  
  No, you are right that’s not a thing >
  
  They may be confusing the policy of putting smaller items such as laptop bags under the seats, with a requirement for laptops specifically to be stowed there. >
  
  
  with a requirement for laptops specifically to be stowed there. 
  
  That's literally exactly what I said? They announce this every time while boarding before takeoff... >
  
  You're hearing an announcement saying that small items such as laptop bags are to be stored under the seat in front of you, and interpreting that to mean that you must store your laptop there. But if your laptop is in your carry-on luggage or a large backpack, it can definitely go in the overhead bin.
  I fly commercial all over North America (nearly 150 flights last year alone), and I always stow my laptop in the overhead bin unless I plan on using it during the flight. >
  
  Never forget that United breaks guitars
  Sure it’s been 13 years, but every I hear about yet another screw up by them, that always comes to mind >
  
  Took a peek and stayed for the whole show 😂 that song is a banger! Thank you for sharing. First time I heard about this incident. >
  
  If you didn't know, the whole show has two more songs part 2 and part 3.  The guy milked the publicity and I don't blame him a bit, with any luck he made many times what it cost to fix the guitar. >
  
  Why are the people at United such liars?  I don't see how lying helps them >
  
  It shuts a lot of customers up. >
  
  Frontier found a cheaper way. They just go rid of their customer service. Not kidding. >
  
  If it had come back covered in travel stickers, Bugs Bunny style, this would only be a little less infuriating. Good for the woman, not letting them sit idly behind their lies. >
  
  Only if it went to Timbuktu. >
  
  Remember when they tried to ban people using air tags on bags citing they were dangerous when in reality it’s just to mask their incompetence? >
  
  Pepperidge Farm remembers >
  
  
  Szybala said that the courier -- who was in an unmarked car, not an official van, and wasn't wearing any kind of uniform -- told her that her bag had been misdelivered to the Virginia suburbs, then collected again and delivered to the apartment complex in question.
  
  Lmao that mf stole her bag, got caught and hurriedly got their car and was like "Hey Im the courier with United, where can I bring this bag" >
  
  United lost my golf clubs one time and a couple days later a guy in casual clothes and his personal vehicle dropped them off at my house. I thought it was weird af >
  
  He tried them out, didn't like them, so you got them back. >
  
  Some people think buying a new driver will fix their slice and add 40 yards to their drive. It doesn't. >
  
  "'Cause United breaks guitars" >
  
  Not surprised we all know United breaks guitars >
  
  I’m always going to think of Sam Brinton every time I see or hear something about missing luggage. I had never heard of them before the luggage thief story, and now I will probably remember them forever. Imagine getting a job with the DOE and then losing everything over a Vera Bradley bag. >
  
  Mentally ill person crashes and burns due to terrible decision making and poor impulse control. News at 11. >
  
  I haven’t seen any indication that they are mentally ill. I think they’re just a thief. 🤷‍♀️ >
  
  Lol, stop playin. >
  
  Wait till the karma from the lifestyle choices you are all making creates runaway climate change that just keeps getting more extreme, and the people controlling the infrastructure tell us that we made our choice by continuing to consume when we had continual warnings about what that would create.
  Climate pollution keeps rising year on year, because deviate the record amount of renewables, consumer consumption keeps rising more than they can keep up with.
  Yeah, karma is going to be a right bitch. But it won’t be money we all lose. It’ll be the only survivable planet in the known universe.
  And complaining that the companies should stop selling you product that you’re clamouring to buy isn’t going to fool karma. >
  
  Well, you're not wrong. >
  
  He is wrong though. 
  This type of thinking is exactly what these corporations want: blame the individual consumer, not the mega corporations actually responsible so that they won't have to implement expensive changes. 
  Just for example, me not buying drinks that come in plastic does fuck all if Coca-Cola keeps manufacturing millions of them a year. Same applies here, airlines could do better but people are always going to need to travel. Easier to blame the travelers than take responsibility themselves, even though they know reducing air travel is not realistic and if it did happen they would lose money- but they know that won't happen. >
  
  Is this why there were signs everywhere saying you can’t check AirTags when I flew in September? I couldn’t figure out why they would cause an issue but no other passively connected devices would be problematic. >
  
  Only in the US is baggage claim open to the public at large. You literally can drive to any US airport, hop out in front of baggage, grab some bags, load into your car and drive off. 
  In Europe, only those coming off a plane can access baggage claim. We are not the brightest. >
  
  I mean the US doesn't have a monopoly on it. I can do the same thing at any major airport in Australia. >
  
  not perth airport, you won't get through customs going the wrong way. perhaps you mean domestic flights? >
  
  Same in the US only domestic flights >
  
  Not necessarily true.  In Seattle, you pick up your bags at a satellite terminal, go through customs, then hand your bag back where it will be delivered to the main baggage claim.
  The US also has a network of remote customs offices where you go through immigration in the foreign country and your bag is delivered right to the gate stateside.  I just did this in Dublin last night.  One nice side effect of this is that you can go through customs with your duty free allowance in your checked bag, then do it again airside. >
  
  Is there a non-Apple version of AirTags as I assume they only work with an Apple device >
  
  AirTags are better for tracking as it’s a larger ecosystem than tile. More chance someone will have an iPhone nearby than tile >
  
  It sucks how they never do an open system... >
  
  Situations like this are why I NEVER check my bags.  I bring what I can carry on the plane.  I never have to worry if the airline is going to lose my stuff and leave me hanging, because I always have it with me. >
  
  Plus you don’t have to worry about what clothes to wear while you are on a vacation.  Simply turn your single stanky outfit inside out! >
  
  Why not wash it? >
  
  I don’t want to spend time laundering clothes when I’m on a time-limited vacation. >
  
  Takes seconds with either some Dr bronner soap or some of the small detergent strips. 
  Seems like a great alternative to watching someone treat your luggage like their tinder date in a city across the world >
  
  I want to get a tracker just in case this happens to me, seems crazy this is still happening in 2023. >
  
  I will never ever check a bag when flying, I will stuff my carry on to the brim >
  
  I’m the same way but some stuff they won’t let you carry on, like tent stakes for example >
  
  Yes, I should have said unless absolutely necessary . Skis or sporting equipment is another example >
  
  Horror stories like this are becoming shockingly common. There were huge piles of lost/disordered bags in airports over the holidays. People we're rifling through them while security did nothing. Someone recently tried to take my bag off the carousel right in front of me and did a bad job of pretending it was an "oopsie!". 
  I'm going to get the most brightly colored hideous suitcase known to man! Maybe even one of those personalized ones with something ridiculous like a neon Mona Lisa. And I'm definitely getting a GPS tracker.