Travelling can be quite hectic as it is. It becomes worse when things go awry. Mishandling of luggage is one of the most common things to happen. It can be very frustrating and can put a damper on your vacation. Recently, a millionaire web developer created a website that live-tracked airlines and how they handle luggage. He was motivated to do so after his girlfriend’s luggage was lost by Vueling Airlines, a Spanish carrier. Air India is currently at the top of the list.
Website Ranks Airlines Based On Their Luggage Handling
So Vueling lost gf’s suitcase from Lisbon to Barcelona like 7 days ago, then we flew on to Austin so they sent the suitcase to Austin already 4 days ago
It’s at Austin airport, Airtag sees it, we also in Austin, they say they will send it to the hotel already for 4 days, but… https://t.co/qxK7QZI2L4
— @levelsio (@levelsio) June 28, 2024
Pieter Levels recently took to X (formerly known as Twitter) and shared the woes that he and his girlfriend have had to go through. The airline with which they were travelling, Vueling Airlines – a Spanish carrier owned by Qatar Airways – lost their luggage.
He said that the airline lost his girlfriend’s luggage when they were travelling from Lisbon to Barcelona. As per his post, they had geotagged the luggage so they could see that it was at the Barcelona airport. However, the airline said that they lost it and said that they would send it to their hotel.
However, they did not. They then flew to Austin and the luggage was subsequently sent there. Owing to the geotag, they could see that the luggage was in Austin at the same time as them. However, the airline again said that they would send the luggage to them. Four days later, they still hadn’t done so.
Is Air India The Biggest Luggage Loser? See Top 10 Airlines
✨ I made a new site called
It’s a live ranking of airlines by how much luggage they are losing right now
So you can avoid flying with them (and hopefully they can improve)
Airlines losing most luggage rn:
🇮🇳 Air India
🇮🇪 Aer Lingus
🇬🇧 British… https://t.co/GHIgtIB1Iw pic.twitter.com/069r3BNR79— @levelsio (@levelsio) June 30, 2024
After being frustrated, the web developer made a website that tracked airlines based on how they handled the luggage. The ranking is live and the data is acquired from social media as the airlines rarely reveal this information.
Based on the live rankings, Air India is the biggest baggage loser. See the top 10 list below: –
- Air India
- WestJet Airlines
- Aer Lingus
- British Airways
- Iberia
- SpiceJet
- Swiss
- easyJet
- Vueling
- Spirit Airlines
Click here to visit the website.
Has Air India ever lost your luggage? How did you manage to recover it, if at all? Let us know in the comments section below!
Cover Image Credits: Wikimedia Commons and @levelsio/X (Formerly, Twitter)
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