stupid toronto. well, stupid YYZ.

[jazzfish]

Since 2005, when I started flying semiregularly, every time I've checked a bag on a multi-leg flight home it's gotten lost. Every. Single. Time. I used to joke that my luggage went to Chicago unless I was going to Chicago, in which case it went to Denver. These days I no longer check bags unless forced to.

Because I was bringing home too much stuff I checked my suitcase in Dallas. Got to Toronto, waded through customs, came out at the baggage claim area, where apparently you're supposed to pick up your bag and check it to your next flight.

I bet you can guess where this is going.

I asked the Air Canada baggage desk if that was actually the procedure. They said no, and pointed to a list of origin cities from which baggage processing is expedited. Dallas was on that list. With some foreboding I went on through.

In a shock to no one, when I got off the plane in Vancouver my luggage wasn't waiting for me.

Based on conversations with several other people on a couple of different flights, it sounds like *no* bags from Toronto got transferred to anywhere. Idiots. I filed a report and got a claim number, and my bag is currently listed as "en route to destination airport."

I wisely pulled my laptop out of the suitcase during packing. I neglected to grab my razor, and I completely forgot about my house keys, so I'm housebound today.

Stupid Toronto.

Full con report coming probably later today, because I've not done one of those in awhile.

Comments

[novel_machinist]

yay for travel :/ I try to always keep my bags on me too

[jazzfish]

It does make life much easier. Although it also fills me with hatred for SO MANY assholes who think that they have the right to put their stupid jackets and tiny bags in the overhead bin just because they got on the 150-person plane first. SO MUCH RAGE.

Back in the spring my checked suitcase made it home from Toronto with no trouble, so I thought I was clear. I forgot about the multileg flight curse.

[reedrover]

Back in the early 2000's, when I was commuting from IAD to YYC (Calgary) with United, I had my choice of connecting airports. Did I want to miss my connection (Ottowa), have my luggage miss my connection (Denver), have my connecting flight delayed/canceled (Chicago), or have a five-hour layover (Detroit)? I started regularly opting to have my luggage miss my connection. It got to the point that the YYC baggage claim people just pulled out the claim form when they saw me walking up, and United started automatically bumping me up to business class for the return flight.

Because this was a Known Issue (tm) for me, by the second time, I always had what I needed for a day's worth of life before my bag arrived.

[jazzfish]

I... wow. At least it was predictable? Yeesh. (I might have gone for the five-hour layover. Except that that was when I had no laptop... that changes the calculus significantly.)

I am generally better about this. I blame having gotten four hours' sleep the night before because I was up 'til three playing Codenames. Speaking of which, if you can find yourself a copy of Codenames I highly highly recommend it: it's a team-based word-association/party game that is probably Best Of Breed. (Will link to Boardgamegeek entry once BGG is back up.)

[queenoftheskies.livejournal.com]

Oh, no! I'm so sorry to hear that!

I've become afraid to check luggage and try to only carry-on. Which is difficult when you want to bring additional items back on the return trip.

[jazzfish]

Thankfully it showed up yesterday around one, none the worse for the wear!

Yeah, the "buying additional stuff" is usually my downfall as well. On the bright side, losing bags on the way home is *much* less painful.

[rbandrews]

Well, hope you had fun at the con at least.

[jazzfish]

I did! And I'm very sorry I didn't catch up with you again after Friday.

[rbandrews]

It's all right, it's a hard con to meet up with people at because my phone doesn't work. It was good seeing you though! And you were right, Kraftwagen does work with two.