In article <1139320299.456245.219840@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
<"oconnell@slr.orl.lmco.com"> wrote:
€ Tchiowa wrote:
€ > JamesStep@gmail.com wrote:
€ > > > There are some valid reasons for not wanting
€ > > > to check bags, but worrying about the airlines
€ > > > losing them isn't one of them.
€ > >
€ > > It's unlikely, but it does happen to thousands of people every year.
€ >
€ > But with tens (hundreds) of passengers a year, thousands is such a tiny
€ > number that anyone making a decision on that basis isn't being
€ > realistic.
€
€ Well, I think you are referring to "extreme" decisions like not
€ flying at all. I often choose to not take certain connections because
€ the time is so short that even if I do make the connection, my luggage
€ probably won't. The probability of luggage not arriving with you is
€ not constant. There are situations in which it is more probable.
€
Bad planning results in all sorts of problems, including delayed
baggage. If you plan 30 minute connections (or even 3 hour connections,
depending on the airport/airline/time of day/year, etc), you shouldn't
single out "lost" or delayed luggage as the complaint.
€ > > If the bags are found quickly and delivered to your hotel, then it's
€ > > probably only a minor inconvenience. But it's a major inconvenience --
€ > > perhaps even a vacation disaster -- if you NEVER get your bags back
€ > > during your trip, which can happen if your vacation is on a cruise
€ > > ship, or if you're renting a car and travelling to places not near a
€ > > major airport, or going camping, if it's just a short trip and the bags
€ > > aren't found before it's over.
€ >
€ > And how often does that happen? Compared with the other inconveniences
€ > inherent in travel, it's simply not an issue people should be concerned
€ > about.
€
€ Again, there is concern, and then there is obsession. If I'm going
€ to a
€ formal wedding, I give it some thought. Cruises are another
€ consideration.
€ If I have important business meetings or a trade show, one should
€ consider
€ these things. If I am transporting something of extreme value, one
€ would
€ be foolish not to have some healthy concern. I've been driving for
€ decades.
€ Accidents are extremely rare in my experience. I still maintain some
€ concern
€ about them however.
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