Lost Luggage | featured news

According to a new report, the total number of mishandled bags worldwide dropped sharply last year. Soime passengers, however, believe airlines have moved the problem from the cargo hold to the cabin.

Airline passengers can feel like a pinball these days: getting bumped, unexpected layovers, canceled flights, switched airlines and losing luggage. Coping well can lessen the headaches.

Airlines will soon be required to refund bag fees if they lose luggage, and they'll pay travelers more for bumping them from a flight.

You're standing at a baggage carousel for what seems like forever when the steady flow of bags onto the conveyor belt slows to a trickle, then stops. Your bags are nowhere in sight.

Fees for checked bags reducing volume handled at airports.

Airlines lost 1.3 million fewer bags in 2008, as more passengers wheeled, dragged and toted their luggage aboard planes to avoid paying new fees to check bags, federal data show.