Purple Dinosaurs and Ruby Slippers...

 

...are a couple of things that are suggested as packing items to be added to the bags you intend to kiss goodbye to check in with the airline when you next travel by airplane.

Chances are good that bags are going to get lost--so that is the advice being doled out by the Big Three airlines and travel experts. Plus, in the words of another airline representative,
If you fly, "ask a million questions" but "don't tax the system" or things may turn ugly.

Flying was scary enough without veiled threats and directives to put "unusual objects like purple dinosaurs or ruby slippers" in each of your checked bags because when the inevitable happens you'll have a better shot at getting your bags back.
Last new bit of advice for airline passengers that I learned today: Make multiple copies of your itinerary and laminate one for each checked bag. That way when they lose your luggage it will help them in maybe getting it back for you.

I feel travel plans being canceled and road trips coming on.

Comments

[Cyn]

There's no place like home, there's no place like home, there's no place like home.

Maybe the ruby slippers aren't such a bad idea after all!

[Dan]

Ah, the airlines. Seems like a hassle these days but driving is not always an option. There's no place like home, there's no place like home, there's no place like home.