You can also buy travel insurance to protect yourself if your bag is lost or delayed.
When your bag is lost, report it online; when it's found, you'll be contacted by e-mail, phone or fax.
The app also notifies travelers if a bag is lost and connects them to customer service from the plane via in-flight Wi-Fi to resolve the problem.
What makes it even worse for the passenger is if your bag is lost on the first flight and shows up late, the first airline is under no obligation to send your back to where you are, so under my scenario, you are in Rome, your bag is at a lost and found in London.
Nothing's worse than showing up in another country, finding your bag is lost, and then realizing you're stuck wearing the clothes you've been traveling in for the foreseeable future".
So, if you want to pack a suitcase full of designer clothing, even though airlines don't exclude those items from liability, you will likely be reimbursed far less than the full value if your bag is lost, particularly on an international flight.
In the case that your bag is lost, the person finding it will be able to contact you.
One in every 138 checked bags was lost during the first nine months of this year, compared with one in 155 bags a year earlier.
Terminals and runways are so overcrowded that flights depart late and bags are lost.
The company reported that an average of 204,000 bags are lost or stolen every year.
