We had to get our two daughters back to school - but easyJet could offer only a flight six days later. My husband Tom and I were woken at 4.30am on the day of our return to discover easyJet had cancelled the flight. Losing mine was the final indignity at the end of a nightmarish journey from Malta to our home in Kent in half term last month.
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The problem existed pre-pandemic, too, of course - a whopping 25.4 million bags were mislaid in 2019 during air travel globally, roughly equivalent to 5.6 bags going missing for every 1,000 passengers. I pay £42 for a bag at Greasby’s, a graveyard for lost luggage It’s not just guilt I feel as I peer voyeuristically into the young woman’s case it’s fury it’s her bag and not mine I’m holding. It is a deeply uncomfortable feeling, made 100 times worse by the thought that someone somewhere might be doing the same to my own lost case…įor in this summer of travel chaos, with mountains of mislaid luggage piled high at every airport, my own bag is languishing somewhere between Malta and Gatwick. I rifle through gingerly, picturing a young woman dressing for a smart city break - and then standing distraught at the luggage return carousel back in the UK as her case fails to materialise.
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There’s a fluffy jumper with metallic trim, plenty of warm tops including a soft Abercrombie & Fitch body, shirts, jeans, pleather leggings, a drawstring bag of underwear and, carefully folded at the bottom, a black Zara coat.
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I paid £42 for it, sight unseen, at a lost luggage auction, and am about to lift the lid on a stranger’s holiday wardrobe. Tentatively, I open the smart red Tommy Hilfiger case.