This Is The Airline Most Likely To Lose Your Luggage

When traveling, the last thing you want to worry about are your bags and everything inside of them and this is the airline most likely to lose your luggage.

For all the traveling I do, I'm very lucky that I've never had any issues with lost luggage. (Knock on wood!) When you walk up to that counter and hand over your bag, you just have to hope that it'll make it to your final destination. I always get the most nervous when I have a layover, it's the middle stop that freaks me out. I had a friend travel to Europe over the summer and her bags were lost, unable to even be tracked, for almost a month!

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics put out their 2023 Air Travel Consumer Report that revealed one airline that is more likely to lose your luggage than any other. And it's a very popular airline that flies out of most airports: American Airlines. Over the course of 2023, out of the over 53 million bags checked, the airline mishandled over 473,000. That means that .89 bags out of 100 make it on the plane. Which really, less than 1 out of every 100 isn't really all that bad. The airline with the best track record, out of the 15 on the list, is Allegiant Air with just over 7800 bags mishandled over this last year.

Vacations and travel are supposed to be fun right?  What could be worse then getting to your destination to find that your luggage has been lost? No one wants to wear their plane clothes any longer than they have to.

Unfortunately, it's happening all too often across the United States and apparently, especially here in Florida.

I've been a victim of lost luggage in the past and it just plain sucks.  That's all there is to it.  We spend so much time packing and planning, to make sure we've got everything we need for a trip.  Then to find out you've got nothing, and don't know when or if your stuff will ever reach you.  UGH!  Super frustrating.

With summer in full motion, the crew over at Forbes, put together a list of the worst airports in the country for lost luggage.

In order to complete the list Forbes Advisor compared the nation’s 100 busiest airports using TSA data across four metrics.

The worst airport for lost luggage isn't in Florida.  Phew! Taking the number one spot is John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.  Also among the top 10 worst were Los Angeles, Norfolk, Boston, Harry Reid in Vegas, Newark, Daniel K. Inouye in Honolulu and Dulles in Washington DC.  You can read the full study completed by Forbes here.

So, how did the 5 Florida airports rank in the top 25 worst for lost luggage?  Let's take a look

Between 2013 and 2022, Miami International Airport had the second highest number of both property loss claims and property damage claims

https://www.miami-airport.com/

Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport had the ninth highest number of property loss claims over the past decade and tied for eleventh with LAX for property damage claims

https://www.fort-lauderdale-airport.com/

Only about 29% of property loss claims were fully reimbursed.

https://www.orlandoairports.net/

Just over 24% of property loss claims were fully reimbursed.

https://flyrsw.com/

Less than 20% of property loss claims were fully reimbursed.

https://www.tampaairport.com/