Our five pieces of luggage are still lost since I inadvertently flew through Heathrow a week ago yesterday. A fellow guest sympathized. "They lost my bags permanently at Thiefrow. Told me that I should just file a claim. They pay you about £100 a bag.They had so many suitcases in warehouses that it wasn't worth it to them to send someone in to sort out individual bags."
D flew out through Heathrow with an hour and a half to change planes. He asked the gate agent if that was enough time with the new security precautions. "We wouldn't sell you the ticket if it wasn't," she said snippily.
But it wasn't. With the new long security lines even for connecting flights (where people have already gone through security once), he missed his plane and was still at Heathrow late into the night.
Scotland, I think, is the most beautiful country in Europe. Next time I'll take the ferry, though.
A recent 'insider' book about the airline industry in Britain described the employee parking lot at Heathrow. The section where the baggage handlers park is apparently full of large Mercedes and Jaguars.
Posted by: ZF | 30 August 2006 at 14:20
My past experience is that Paris CDG is almost as bad. Once I had a bag checked from Florence to Toulouse via Paris CDG get sent on to Washington, DC!
Posted by: Lost in France | 30 August 2006 at 19:42
"Scotland, I think, is the most beautiful country in Europe"... I lived for 3 years in Glasgow and I agree, to a certain extent : when it's not raining !!! :-).
Posted by: nanette | 31 August 2006 at 07:47
It IS beautiful. We try not to advertise the fact because then everybody will want to be here. :-)
Delightful blog!
Posted by: Peggy | 31 August 2006 at 14:33
That's terrible about the luggage! Hope it turns up. Perhaps you have to make a huge fuss to get a result - just insist they find it; talk to higher-ups, etc. Good luck! I too missed a connecting flight because of security requirements, after being assured repeatedly by airline personnel it wouldn't happen. Sigh. Best to take the train, whenever possible.
Posted by: Paris Parfait | 31 August 2006 at 20:25
Scotland is so friggin gorgeous, I totally agree!
Posted by: Monica | 27 November 2006 at 00:27