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Re: Carryon vs. checked (Re: WTB: 6557 (really, really badly) and 6861
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Date: 
Sun, 7 Mar 1999 21:06:31 GMT
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Mike Stanley wrote:

Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote:
As for checked... I HATE it when I have to check something. I know that
at best, I am in for a delay. Sometimes a substantial delay to the tune
of having to come back the next day. I know that my luggage is going to
get tossed around unfeelingly. Anything inside is much more likey to be
damaged. The luggage itself is more likely to come back wet, dirty,
scuffed, or even damaged. If I ask for gentle handling, I get no
satisfaction. All I get to do is sign a waiver.

I don't fly much, actually never when I can avoid it, so I don't know
much about it.  But isn't the airline responsible for any damage they
might cause to your luggage?

Yes, but dirt, wet, straps torn off, scratches, or rips in the material
are all "normal wear and tear", so, **essentially**, no.

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  Re: Carryon vs. checked (Re: WTB: 6557 (really, really badly) and 6861
 
(...) I would think that if you forced an airline employee to sign a receipt for your luggage stating that it had none of those things that if you get it back with damage you can demonstrate that it wasn't nomral wear and tear YOU caused. A pipe (...) (26 years ago, 7-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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  Re: Carryon vs. checked (Re: WTB: 6557 (really, really badly) and 6861
 
(...) I don't fly much, actually never when I can avoid it, so I don't know much about it. But isn't the airline responsible for any damage they might cause to your luggage? (26 years ago, 7-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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