Delta Airlines... WTF related
Frank
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I just returned from Ghana this past Sunday after spending a whole month and a small fortune on probably the best digging trip I ever had.I was very pleased that Delta allows 2x 50 pounds of check in luggage and up to 40 pounds carry on as long as you stay within the overhead compartment compatible measurments.I traveled with 2 100-LP padded soft bags for check in and a 60 LP bag for carry on plus a 150-45 case as "personal item". I had only brought cheap, disposable clothes and shoes that I just left at the hotel room when I left for the airport, using all my luggage space for vinyl and checking in both bags filled with 200 LPs in total. The rest had been sent by mail the day before. I chose to take the best pieces with me on the plane because mailed packages sometimes get treated a bit roughly and it just felt like the right thing to do at the time.I arrived at JFK but my baggage didn't.There were about 30-40 other passangers that had the same experience so I didn't worry much. I almost felt bad for the Delta representative at the baggage claim desk who was yelled at by a mob of angry Africans so I just filed my shit as missing and trusted them to deliver everything the next day. I called them yesterday and already felt a bit nervous when they weren't even able to tell me where exactly my shit was and if it would come in with yesterdays flight from Accra.I just called them again 30 minutes ago and after being on hold for a while, I was told that my bags were on their way to Karachi. I had the representative repeat this several times and finaly stuttered something like "Karachi... you said Karachi, right??? Karachi???" The answer was "Karachi is a city in Pakistan, sir". I knew that but why the hell was my luggage on the way to Karachi, Pakistan?I was told that someone had called them and demanded my baggage to be sent there.Then I was put on hold again...After what felt like forever, the lady came back on my line and said she was sorry but they had looked in the wrong file and my shit was about to arrive at JFK in about an hour.What the F*ck???
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This would be around when my heart would implode and lungs collapse.
I check my mail every day when I'm expecting records and get antsy and shit. I would lose it if this Karachi thing happened to me.
Hopefully this ends well.
battling any airline for compensation for damaged lost items is a major league hassle. i truly hope this works out for the best.
I should sue for pain and suffering. When she dropped the Karachi bomb, I probably lost a year or two of life expectancy.
That's one way to reassure the security personnel that you're not carrying a crotch bomb.
[that is, once you're bags are safe & sound]
re-read the original post...the records were never going to karachi in the first place, and were actually on their way to the right place after all. everything is ok it seems.
just saw the other 45 mix thread now. i'm not on this shit keeping tabs all day.