LuggageLosers.com - Live ranking of airlines by how much luggage they are losing right now

🧳💨 Luggage Losers

by @levelsio and part of Airline List

A live ranking of airlines by how much luggage they are losing right now

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Why? Vueling lost my gf's suitcase...

Luggage lost numbers here are estimations based on people talking about losing their luggage on social media and websites. Actual numbers may vary, and exact figures are only available through official airline reports published retroactively.

Last updated: 11 hours ago from 26,971 live sources

# Airline Probability of losing/delaying
your luggage (est.) 		Change
(last 7d) 		Luggage score
(out of 5) 		Complaints
(last 30 days) 		Lost bags
(last 30 days est.)
1🇪🇸 Vueling 1 in 342.93%=0.2510651,269
2🇬🇧 British Airways 1 in 741.34%▼ 20.2511455,355
3🇪🇸 Iberia 1 in 781.28%▲ 10.253315,882
4🇮🇳 Air India 1 in 901.11%▼ 10.255024,198
5🇺🇸 Frontier Airlines 1 in 1060.94%▲ 20.252411,603
6🇰🇪 Kenya Airways 1 in 1590.63%▼ 301.0283,865
7🇮🇪 Aer Lingus 1 in 1620.62%▼ 21.10115,297
8🇺🇸 American Airlines 1 in 1750.57%▲ 11.3817383,311
9🇮🇳 IndiGo 1 in 2090.48%▼ 61.982914,087
10🇵🇰 Pakistan International Airlines 1 in 2110.47%▼ 521.9952,406
11🇱🇰 SriLankan Airlines 1 in 2340.43%=2.2931,444
12🇨🇦 Air Canada 1 in 2570.39%▲ 62.532311,131
13🇳🇱 KLM 1 in 2650.38%▼ 132.61146,787
14🇶🇦 Qatar Airways 1 in 2790.36%▼ 202.732512,129
15🇺🇸 JetBlue 1 in 2950.34%▼ 232.852713,016
16🇺🇸 Delta Air Lines 1 in 3210.31%▼ 123.038440,637
17🇮🇳 SpiceJet 1 in 3240.31%▼ 453.0462,894
18🇺🇸 United Airlines 1 in 3260.31%▼ 53.067335,140
19🇪🇬 EgyptAir 1 in 3440.29%▼ 13.1652,414
20🇪🇹 Ethiopian Airlines 1 in 3670.27%▲ 73.2762,889
21🇸🇬 Singapore Airlines 1 in 3680.27%▲ 73.28104,840
22🇲🇽 Aeromexico 1 in 3760.27%▼ 103.3162,904
23🇯🇴 Royal Jordanian 1 in 3830.26%▼ 393.352963
24🇫🇷 Air France 1 in 3980.25%▲ 123.41188,720
25🇹🇷 Turkish Airlines 1 in 4020.25%▲ 43.432612,565
26🇨🇦 WestJet Airlines 1 in 4300.23%▼ 223.5394,356
27🇦🇪 Air Arabia 1 in 4320.23%▼ 353.5352,417
28🇬🇧 easyJet 1 in 4360.23%▲ 33.55178,219
29🇺🇸 Southwest Airlines 1 in 4730.21%▲ 53.664722,620
30🇹🇷 Pegasus Airlines 1 in 4760.21%▼ 53.6752,418
31🇷🇸 Air Serbia 1 in 4790.21%▲ 43.682962
32🇫🇮 Finnair 1 in 5010.20%▼ 243.7452,421
33🇦🇪 Emirates 1 in 5160.19%▼ 93.77157,270
34🇵🇭 Cebu Pacific 1 in 5190.19%▼ 103.7831,452
35🇬🇷 Aegean Airlines 1 in 5190.19%▲ 183.7831,451
36🇱🇺 Luxair 1 in 5430.18%▲ 283.831481
37🇬🇧 Jet2 1 in 5430.18%▼ 23.8352,406
38🇮🇸 Icelandair 1 in 5590.18%▼ 243.872963
39🇩🇪 Lufthansa 1 in 5590.18%▲ 103.87157,285
40🇮🇪 Ryanair 1 in 5730.17%▼ 173.892311,083
41🇦🇷 Aerolineas Argentinas 1 in 6140.16%▲ 313.9731,452
42🇸🇪 SAS Scandinavia 1 in 6390.16%▲ 264.0162,910
43🇨🇭 Swiss 1 in 6600.15%▼ 74.0431,442
44🇺🇸 Alaska Airlines 1 in 6800.15%▲ 264.07157,233
45🇨🇴 Avianca 1 in 6900.14%▲ 154.0883,852
46🇮🇹 ITA Airways 1 in 6950.14%▲ 134.0952,409
47🇺🇸 Allegiant Air 1 in 7640.13%▼ 134.1741,930
48🇬🇧 Virgin Atlantic 1 in 7670.13%▼ 144.172962
49🇺🇸 Spirit Airlines 1 in 7770.13%▲ 124.1952,412
50🇦🇺 Qantas 1 in 8040.12%▼ 124.2152,427
51🇦🇺 Virgin Australia 1 in 8070.12%▼ 104.2141,923
52🇹🇭 Thai Airways 1 in 8570.12%▲ 334.2631,452
53🇯🇵 Japan Airlines (JAL) 1 in 8700.11%▲ 314.2762,897
54🇲🇦 Royal Air Maroc 1 in 8780.11%▼ 84.282963
55🇴🇲 Oman Air 1 in 8780.11%▲ 94.2841,924
56🇦🇪 Etihad Airways 1 in 8810.11%▲ 94.2841,936
57🇵🇦 COPA Airlines 1 in 9660.10%▲ 174.3431,447
58🇭🇰 Cathay Pacific 1 in 1,0130.10%▲ 74.3741,942
59🇺🇸 Hawaiian Airlines 1 in 1,0450.10%▲ 54.392971
60🇲🇾 Batik Air Malaysia 1 in 1,0460.10%▼ 24.391485
61🇭🇺 Wizz Air 1 in 1,0530.09%▲ 84.402963
62🇧🇭 Gulf Air 1 in 1,0540.09%=4.401481
63🇮🇩 Batik Air 1 in 1,1090.09%▲ 324.432970
64🇮🇷 Iran Air 1 in 1,1460.09%▲ 24.451483
65🇸🇦 Saudia 1 in 1,1770.08%▲ 164.4652,415
66🇧🇪 Brussels Airlines 1 in 1,2090.08%▲ 44.481483
67🇧🇷 GOL Airlines 1 in 1,2560.08%▲ 54.5031,443
68🇲🇾 Malaysia Airlines 1 in 1,3250.08%▲ 64.522963
69🇲🇾 Air Asia 1 in 1,3410.07%▲ 114.5341,936
70🇻🇳 Vietnam Airlines 1 in 1,3660.07%▲ 84.542968
71🇪🇸 Air Europa 1 in 1,4640.07%▲ 304.571483
72🇮🇩 Garuda Indonesia 1 in 1,5120.07%▲ 174.5831,453
73🇧🇷 LATAM Brazil 1 in 1,5550.06%▲ 304.5931,453
74🇩🇪 Eurowings 1 in 1,7270.06%▲ 294.632970
75🇦🇪 flydubai 1 in 1,9760.05%▲ 134.681482
76🇿🇦 South African 1 in 2,0350.05%▲ 244.691483
77🇵🇭 Philippine Airlines 1 in 2,1260.05%▲ 154.701484
78🇦🇺 Jetstar 1 in 2,6660.04%▲ 164.761484
79🇳🇱 Transavia 1 in 2,8410.04%▲ 204.781481
80🇨🇱 LATAM Chile 1 in 3,8940.03%▲ 184.841485
81🇸🇬 Scoot 1 in 4,1660.02%▲ 194.851483
82🇨🇳 Air China 1 in 12,4210.01%▲ 204.951485
+= Median 1 in 6260.16%


Biggest luggage losers right now

These airlines receive the dubious honor of losing the most luggage:


🏆
🇪🇸 Vueling
🥈
🇬🇧 British Airways 		                  🥉
🇪🇸 Iberia


Biggest luggage winners right now

These airlines receive the award of losing the least luggage:


🏆
🇨🇳 Air China
🥈
🇸🇬 Scoot 		                  🥉
🇨🇱 LATAM Chile


Airports losing most luggage right now

# Airport City Probability of losing
your luggage 		Change
(last 7d) 		Luggage score
(out of 5) 		Complaints
(last 30 days) 		Lost bags
(last 30 days est.)
1🇬🇧 London City London 1 in 214.86%▲ 10.25313,846
2🇬🇧 Heathrow London 1 in 561.77%▲ 20.2525115,433
3🇮🇳 Gandhi Delhi 1 in 601.66%▲ 30.251987,723
4🇮🇳 Shivaji Mumbai 1 in 661.52%▲ 40.251360,021
5🇧🇪 Brussels Brussels 1 in 991.01%▲ 50.25418,466
6🇬🇧 Gatwick London 1 in 1030.97%▲ 60.25836,930
7🇲🇽 Juárez Mexico City 1 in 1350.74%▲ 70.30627,700
8🇫🇷 Charles de Gaulle Paris 1 in 1400.72%▲ 80.46941,548
9🇺🇸 Liberty Newark, NJ 1 in 1570.64%▲ 90.97523,078
10🇮🇹 Fiumicino Rome 1 in 1850.54%▲ 101.58418,470
11🇺🇸 Orlando Orlando, FL 1 in 2010.50%▲ 111.85418,468
12🇨🇦 Pearson Toronto 1 in 2130.47%▲ 122.02418,466
13🇸🇬 Changi Singapore 1 in 2250.44%▲ 132.19523,077
14🇹🇷 Istanbul Istanbul 1 in 2310.43%▲ 142.26523,078
15🇬🇧 Stansted London 1 in 2930.34%▲ 152.8414,617
16🇺🇸 Dallas/Fort Worth Dallas 1 in 3030.33%▲ 162.91418,467
17🇳🇱 Schiphol Amsterdam 1 in 3100.32%▲ 172.96418,468
18🇲🇾 KLIA Kuala Lumpur 1 in 3530.28%▲ 183.21313,850
19🇺🇸 Denver Denver, CO 1 in 3700.27%▲ 193.29313,850
20🇩🇪 Frankfurt Frankfurt 1 in 3890.26%▲ 203.37313,849
21🇺🇸 Sky Harbor Phoenix, AZ 1 in 3970.25%▲ 213.4129,233
22🇺🇸 Sea-Tac Seattle 1 in 4240.24%▲ 223.5129,233
23🇪🇸 El Prat Barcelona 1 in 4270.23%▲ 233.5229,232
24🇺🇸 LAX Los Angeles 1 in 5100.20%▲ 243.76313,847
25🇦🇪 Dubai Dubai 1 in 5320.19%▲ 253.81313,851
26🇶🇦 Hamad Doha 1 in 6750.15%▲ 264.0614,617
27🇺🇸 George Bush Houston, TX 1 in 7360.14%▲ 274.1414,615
28🇺🇸 Miami Miami 1 in 7970.13%▲ 284.2114,617
29🇺🇸 Charlotte Douglas Charlotte, NC 1 in 8300.12%▲ 294.2414,617
30🇺🇸 Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta 1 in 9400.11%▲ 304.3329,231
31🇺🇸 John F. Kennedy New York City 1 in 1,0740.09%▲ 314.4114,616
32🇺🇸 O'Hare Chicago 1 in 1,4440.07%▲ 324.5614,616
+= Median 1 in 3070.33%


Most luggage lost by airline region

# Region Probability of losing
your luggage 		Luggage score
(out of 5) 		Complaints
(last 30 days) 		Lost bags
(last 30 days est.)
1North America1 in 3710.27%2.44486234,359
2Africa1 in 5170.19%3.16178,200
3Europe1 in 5430.18%3.25423204,668
4Oceania1 in 8070.12%3.82104,835
5Middle East1 in 8780.11%3.926832,914
6Latin America1 in 9660.10%4.022713,037
7Asia1 in 1,0130.10%4.0613665,839


Most luggage lost by airline country

# Country Probability of losing
your luggage 		Luggage score
(out of 5) 		Complaints
(last 30 days) 		Lost bags
(last 30 days est.)
1🇪🇸 Spain1 in 781.28%0.2514067,634
2🇰🇪 Kenya1 in 1590.63%0.2583,865
3🇮🇳 India1 in 2090.48%0.468541,180
4🇵🇰 Pakistan1 in 2110.47%0.4952,406
5🇱🇰 Sri Lanka1 in 2340.43%0.9431,444
6🇮🇪 Ireland1 in 2530.40%1.253416,380
7🇶🇦 Qatar1 in 2790.36%1.592512,129
8🇨🇦 Canada1 in 3220.31%2.053215,487
9🇪🇬 Egypt1 in 3440.29%2.2452,414
10🇪🇹 Ethiopia1 in 3670.27%2.4162,889
11🇲🇽 Mexico1 in 3760.27%2.4762,904
12🇯🇴 Jordan1 in 3830.26%2.522963
13🇺🇸 United States1 in 3860.26%2.54454218,872
14🇫🇷 France1 in 3980.25%2.61188,720
15🇹🇷 Turkey1 in 4360.23%2.823114,983
16🇷🇸 Serbia1 in 4790.21%3.022962
17🇬🇧 United Kingdom1 in 4830.21%3.0313866,942
18🇳🇱 Netherlands1 in 4850.21%3.04157,268
19🇫🇮 Finland1 in 5010.20%3.1052,421
20🇬🇷 Greece1 in 5190.19%3.1731,451
21🇱🇺 Luxembourg1 in 5430.18%3.251481
22🇮🇸 Iceland1 in 5590.18%3.302963
23🇦🇷 Argentina1 in 6140.16%3.4531,452
24🇸🇪 Sweden1 in 6390.16%3.5162,910
25🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates1 in 6510.15%3.542512,105
26🇨🇭 Switzerland1 in 6600.15%3.5631,442
27🇸🇬 Singapore1 in 6770.15%3.60115,323
28🇨🇴 Colombia1 in 6900.14%3.6283,852
29🇮🇹 Italy1 in 6950.14%3.6352,409
30🇦🇺 Australia1 in 8070.12%3.82104,835
31🇵🇭 Philippines1 in 8340.12%3.8641,936
32🇩🇪 Germany1 in 8450.12%3.88178,255
33🇹🇭 Thailand1 in 8570.12%3.8931,452
34🇯🇵 Japan1 in 8700.11%3.9162,897
35🇲🇦 Morocco1 in 8780.11%3.922963
36🇴🇲 Oman1 in 8780.11%3.9241,924
37🇵🇦 Panama1 in 9660.10%4.0231,447
38🇭🇰 Hong Kong1 in 1,0130.10%4.0641,942
39🇭🇺 Hungary1 in 1,0530.09%4.102963
40🇧🇭 Bahrain1 in 1,0540.09%4.101481
41🇮🇷 Iran1 in 1,1460.09%4.171483
42🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia1 in 1,1770.08%4.1952,415
43🇧🇪 Belgium1 in 1,2090.08%4.211483
44🇮🇩 Indonesia1 in 1,2790.08%4.2652,423
45🇲🇾 Malaysia1 in 1,3250.08%4.2873,384
46🇻🇳 Vietnam1 in 1,3660.07%4.302968
47🇧🇷 Brazil1 in 1,3900.07%4.3262,896
48🇿🇦 South Africa1 in 2,0350.05%4.531483
49🇨🇱 Chile1 in 3,8940.03%4.761485
50🇨🇳 China1 in 12,4210.01%4.921485

Why make this? Vueling lost my gf's suitcase in June 2024 and it then went on a trip to random spots around the world without coming back to us while getting gaslit by useless Vueling staff! We called and DM'd customer support, even messaged the CEO on LinkedIn, all without resolve. In the end we got it back because American Airlines found it. Not even Vueling.

I then realized nobody collects data on how much luggage specific airlines are losing every day (and getting them back to their customers) to avoid the worst ones. This helps me (and hopefully you too) to book with airlines that put effort in to not lose luggage or get it back fast to their customers! And rewards great airlines for not losing our luggage.

How it works? My robot scrapers scour the internet 24/7 for people talking about their lost luggage and which airlines (and airports) they flew, in 100+ different languages. By cross referencing that with actual lost luggage data it estimates very closely how much luggage is constantly being lost. And yes, it takes into account airline size differences by flights and fleet size, and airport size differences by passengers. All major airlines and airports are tracked 24/7.

Next features? As I collect more data over the next few weeks, I can add charts and growth % to see which airlines grow or decrease in lost luggage. If you have more ideas, tweet me!

Limitations? Airlines don't publish live lost luggage data (probably for a reason). Using social media as a data source has limitations but seems to be a good proxy indicator when combined with historical lost luggage data. Probabilities and lost bags are live estimations.

Why do airlines lose luggage? Airports and airlines, especially in US and Europe, are trying to maximize the amount of flights they can operate (and money they can make) while minimzing the cost (giving you cheap flights!). Part of that is underpaying the people handling your luggage. Because they don't want to pay more, there's a shortage of people who want to do those jobs, and the quality of the people remaining to do those jobs is low. At the same time the load on airlines and airports has never been so high. That's why luggage handlers will cut corners and might wrongly tag you luggage, load it onto the wrong plane, or even damage it. Usually your luggage is delayed for a few days and will get back. But increasingly I hear getting back your luggage is getting very hard (like it was in my experience with Vueling). The staff to actually find your delayed luggage, get it to the right airport, and then deliver it to your home or hotel is usually also overworked and underpaid and thus dysfunctional.

Do airlines sell your lost luggage to strangers? Yes they do. Lost luggage that is unclaimed is auctioned off to strangers. But "unclaimed" is a subjective term here. If the airline does not have the staff to actually get your luggage back to you, they'll consider it as "unclaimed" after 21 days. Typically its held up to 60 days though but there's no legal requirement for airlines to hold your luggage over 21 days! That means your clothes, your electronics, your personal items you have emotional ties to, even your laptop, will be sold off to strangers and there's nothing you can do about it!

How to avoid losing my luggage? Book flights with airlines that don't lose luggage a lot (the green ones on this page). Avoid airlines that do (the red ones on this page).

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