8 Important Luggage Secrets You Need to Know

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Last Updated on January 7, 2021

He adds saying that something alike happens once in every 300 bags. The best thing to do is insert in the straps of your bag. This way, they won’t get stuck on the conveyer belt while they travel throughout the airport.

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#3 – Choose a hard-sided suitcase




Choose a hard-sided suitcase
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If you have asked any baggage handler before, you would have saved the money and the trouble to buy a new suitcase whenever you plan to travel. The reason why all your travel bags were damaged and are no longer useful is that you always purchase the wrong one.

A good suitcase according to an air baggage handler is the hard-sided one with wheels. Such suitcase normally causes no problem and can withstand the long journey and reach its destination safely.

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#4 – ‘Fragile’ tag can go unnoticed




'Fragile' tag can go unnoticed
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Bags labeled with “Fragile” stickers and those without are both treated in the same way. Don’t expect the baggage handler to be gentle with your bag because it has stickers on it. Many times handlers don’t even notice them in the rush of loading bags unless it is an obvious shape.

This could only mean one thing, stickers are not very helpful and may not work as there is no telling whether the bag handler will ever see your bag’s fragile sticker especially in the midst of quickly and haphazardly loading the baggage into the plane.

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#5 – Remove old tags




Remove old tags
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Don’t forget to remove any old tags in your bag. The only tag that should remain is the new one with your name and address. Bag handler doesn’t have the whole day to check which tag with the right new date and where it’s supposed to be going.

They only have one hour to figure out where all 800 bags are going. Imagine how confusing and torturing this can be, wrote a handler on Reddit.

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