[PLUG-TALK] Way off topic - Airline Luggage Fees versus Lost Luggage

Keith Lofstrom keithl at kl-ic.com
Thu Jun 12 06:06:34 UTC 2008


Apropos of nothing, I was planning a trip back east and looking at
the cost of checking two bags.  I noticed that the more expensive
airlines tended to lose luggage more often:

Carrier    loss rate   2 bag
          per 1K bags  cost $
---------------------------
Delta         6.90      25
American      6.85      40
Frontier      6.17      25
United        5.44      25
Alaska        5.36      50
US Air        5.36      25
Northwest     4.68      25
Continental   4.60      25
Jet Blue      3.27      20
Air Tran      3.25      10
Hawaiian      2.25      0

Doing a least squares fit, we learn that the cost of losing a bag is
around $2925.  A hypothetical airline that lost no bags at all could
pay passengers $5.85 to carry two bags ...

In the future, I'm flying on Hypothetical Airways! (tm)  Slogans:
   We fly anywhere at any time! 
   If your luggage doesn't arrive, neither will you!
   
Keith

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