Who Let The Dogs Out: Florida Couple Has Massive Airport Freak-Out

Traveling during the holidays can be a stressful time and one Florida couple had a massive freak-out at the airport.

The holidays are a magical time of year. Full of love, joy and happiness. But they can also be extremely stressful, especially when airline travel is involved. The last holiday I traveled for was 4th of July. I was traveling from Fort Myers to Las Vegas and I got stuck in an airport for 15 hours, so I get it. Plenty of people were getting anxious, some very loud and rambunctious. I didn't like it one bit, but I knew freaking out at airline employees wouldn't solve anything. Nor would it have changed the situation one bit. But some people just don't think like that.

I had to laugh a little because the airport this latest incident happened, in Charlotte, NC, is where I was stuck on a layover less than 6 months ago. So what happened here? Florida couple Dustin Miller and Anthony Thorne were delayed on a flight to Fort Lauderdale. Instead of waiting it out, they wanted their opinions be heard, completely losing it on American Airlines, accusing them of keeping their dogs, Shelby and Dolly, away from them. In making that scene, captured on video and posted to TikTok, they also were yelling at a random passenger, completely innocent sitting in her wheelchair.

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/

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