Find Unclaimed Luggage Online

Unfortunately, many people have experienced losing luggage after an airplane flight.  While airlines do try very diligently to track down owners to reunite them with their unclaimed luggage, there are a number of cases in which unclaimed luggage is never reunited with its proper owner.  This luggage, the property that for one reason or another is never claimed by its owners, is referred to as unclaimed luggage.  There are individuals that will purchase the unclaimed luggage and then sell the products for well below cost.  The unclaimed luggage is purchased by the people who will go on to sell the item, sight unseen.  This means that the people do not see the unclaimed luggage, and they do not know what items they are purchasing when they spend their money on the unclaimed luggage from the storage facilities.

Finding Unclaimed Luggage Online

It is possible to purchase unclaimed luggage in an online community or from an online setting.  A number of specific websites can be accessed for individuals to purchase unclaimed luggage or lost items.  The Unclaimed Baggage Center™ offers sales online of unclaimed baggage at their website www.UnclaimedBaggage.com.  There may be some other stores that will offer unclaimed luggage, but it is important to be aware that there is only one company that is contracted with the airlines to sell these items.  No other companies are contractually allowed to sell the items that come from unclaimed luggage taken off airplanes.

Some Interesting Unclaimed Luggage

Over the years, there have been a number of particularly interesting items that have sprung up in unclaimed luggage.  One small bag contained what experts determined was a natural emerald.  This natural emerald was more than forty carats!  Also in some unclaimed luggage was a full suit of armor.  The armor was found to be a replica of a 19th century suit of armor. 

One wooden crate was filled with packing material.  When the packing material of this piece of unclaimed luggage was removed, a very interesting discovery was made.  The crate held Hoggle, the Muppet from the Jim Henson movie, Labyrinth™.  This character had been created in the Muppet workshop, located in London, England.  One worn suitcase that turned up as a piece of unclaimed luggage contained Ancient Egyptian artifacts dating back to 1500 B.C.  These items included a shrunken head and a mummified falcon.  A NASA™ camera was discovered in a piece of unclaimed luggage – and was returned to NASA™ after the discovery was made.  

Why Is Unclaimed Luggage Unclaimed?

Annually, there are many bags that are mishandled by the airlines, and some of these bags are eventually officially deemed “lost.”  Many of these bags are not properly tagged.  Prior to getting on a plane, many airport attendants ask bag owners to tag their bags with airport-provided tags, if the individuals do not have their own tags for their luggage.  If these tags are not put on, the information is not accurate, or the handwriting is not legible, it is very difficult to return the unclaimed luggage to the owners.  In some instances, individuals wait at the luggage carousel, hoping their bag will show up.  When it does not show up, these people may not report that it is missing or that it has not shown up.  The reasons that people do not claim luggage are many.  For some people, there is a language barrier; for others, they may not want to report that they are missing certain items, such as stolen items.  

Where Does Unclaimed Luggage Come From And Go?

Unclaimed luggage comes from all types of different geographic areas.  This is because most of the unclaimed luggage sent to the Unclaimed Baggage Center™ comes from the different airports located around the United States of America.  After the luggage is defined as lost and unclaimed, it will be loaded on a truck.  The truck will take the load of unclaimed luggage to Scottsboro, Alabama.  When the truck of unclaimed luggage enters Scottsboro, it is taken to the Unclaimed Baggage Center™.  Here, the luggage is sorted, itemized, and later taken out to the store’s floor to be presented to the public.  Here, consumers can look over the many various items that are available for purchase after being classified as unclaimed luggage.

Unclaimed Luggage Statistics

In all, it has been calculated that out of every one thousand bags that the airlines handle, the airline will mishandle 7.34 bags.  Bags do not always need to be mishandled to be labeled as unclaimed luggage.  Airlines will categorize all bags that have been stolen, lost, mishandled, or misplaced as unclaimed luggage if it cannot be reunited with the original owner. 

Luggage is kept at the airport for five days after it gets in to the airport, and if no one claims the items, it is sent to a storage facility.  Most bags stay in storage for sixty days before they are classified as unclaimed luggage.  During this sixty-day period, airlines and handlers make every effort to contact the owner of the bag.  When contact information cannot be recovered from the outside of the bag, the contents of the inside of the bag are used as clues in order to help find the bag’s owner.  Approximately sixty percent of the items that are deemed pieces of unclaimed luggage is clothing.