lost baggage
Suitcase gone astray
Lost baggage is luggage that fails to arrive with its owner after air travel—misrouted, delayed, or genuinely missing.
Airlines have dedicated desks for filing claims: We spent an hour at the lost baggage counter.
The term covers everything from temporarily delayed bags to those never recovered.
Also called lost luggage.
- luggageTraveler's packed containers
- suitcasePortable travel container
- claimStatement of ownership or truth
- airportAviation passenger facility
- missingNot present, whereabouts unknown
delayed · carousel · tracking · tracking number · airline · customer service · stranded · tag · belongings · compensation · travel insurance · frustration · customs · checked · terminal · airline counter · connecting flight · ticket
- airline policiescarry-on limits, weight limits, cancellation fees, refund policy, rebooking
- Air Travelboarding, airline, flight attendants, takeoff, landing
- airportsairports, airport, terminals, terminal building, runway
- flightsdeparture, arrival, nonstop flight, boarding, connecting flight
- baggagesuitcase, luggage, checked bag, carry-on, hand luggage
- transit hubsairport, airport terminal, airports, train station, train stations