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: 19 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 342.91%=0.2510650,972
2🇬🇧 British Airways 1 in 761.32%▼ 20.2511354,496
3🇪🇸 Iberia 1 in 781.29%▲ 10.253316,030
4🇮🇳 Air India 1 in 921.09%▼ 10.254923,788
5🇺🇸 Frontier Airlines 1 in 1100.91%▲ 20.252311,124
6🇰🇪 Kenya Airways 1 in 1600.63%▼ 301.0383,851
7🇮🇪 Aer Lingus 1 in 1620.62%▼ 21.08115,326
8🇺🇸 American Airlines 1 in 1800.56%▲ 11.4816881,189
9🇵🇰 Pakistan International Airlines 1 in 2100.48%▼ 531.9852,416
10🇮🇳 IndiGo 1 in 2270.44%▼ 52.212712,992
11🇱🇰 SriLankan Airlines 1 in 2330.43%=2.2831,451
12🇨🇦 Air Canada 1 in 2570.39%▲ 62.542311,106
13🇳🇱 KLM 1 in 2860.35%▼ 122.79136,275
14🇺🇸 JetBlue 1 in 2930.34%▼ 242.842713,097
15🇶🇦 Qatar Airways 1 in 3060.33%▼ 192.932311,058
16🇺🇸 United Airlines 1 in 3240.31%▼ 113.057335,315
17🇮🇳 SpiceJet 1 in 3250.31%▼ 453.0562,887
18🇺🇸 Delta Air Lines 1 in 3350.30%▼ 113.118139,015
19🇪🇹 Ethiopian Airlines 1 in 3670.27%▲ 63.2762,892
20🇸🇬 Singapore Airlines 1 in 3710.27%▲ 63.29104,810
21🇲🇽 Aeromexico 1 in 3780.26%▼ 113.3262,885
22🇯🇴 Royal Jordanian 1 in 3820.26%▼ 403.342965
23🇹🇷 Turkish Airlines 1 in 4200.24%▲ 13.492512,049
24🇫🇷 Air France 1 in 4250.24%▲ 123.51178,173
25🇪🇬 EgyptAir 1 in 4270.23%▲ 53.5241,943
26🇨🇦 WestJet Airlines 1 in 4310.23%▼ 223.5394,351
27🇦🇪 Air Arabia 1 in 4330.23%▼ 353.5452,412
28🇬🇧 easyJet 1 in 4360.23%▲ 43.55178,204
29🇺🇸 Southwest Airlines 1 in 4710.21%▲ 63.664722,737
30🇷🇸 Air Serbia 1 in 4750.21%▲ 43.672970
31🇹🇷 Pegasus Airlines 1 in 4760.21%▼ 43.6752,419
32🇦🇪 Emirates 1 in 5190.19%▼ 103.78157,228
33🇵🇭 Cebu Pacific 1 in 5200.19%▼ 103.7831,449
34🇬🇷 Aegean Airlines 1 in 5200.19%▲ 173.7831,448
35🇱🇺 Luxair 1 in 5390.19%▲ 273.821485
36🇬🇧 Jet2 1 in 5410.18%▼ 33.8352,412
37🇩🇪 Lufthansa 1 in 5620.18%▲ 93.87157,249
38🇮🇪 Ryanair 1 in 5690.18%▼ 183.892311,159
39🇦🇷 Aerolineas Argentinas 1 in 6150.16%▲ 293.9731,448
40🇸🇪 SAS Scandinavia 1 in 6400.16%▲ 244.0162,903
41🇨🇭 Swiss 1 in 6580.15%▼ 94.0431,447
42🇺🇸 Alaska Airlines 1 in 6800.15%▲ 244.07157,225
43🇨🇴 Avianca 1 in 6890.15%▲ 134.0883,855
44🇮🇹 ITA Airways 1 in 6930.14%▲ 114.0952,416
45🇺🇸 Allegiant Air 1 in 7630.13%▼ 134.1741,934
46🇬🇧 Virgin Atlantic 1 in 7640.13%▼ 164.172965
47🇦🇺 Virgin Australia 1 in 8000.13%▼ 124.2141,941
48🇦🇺 Qantas 1 in 8030.12%▼ 124.2152,429
49🇹🇭 Thai Airways 1 in 8610.12%▲ 304.2631,446
50🇯🇵 Japan Airlines (JAL) 1 in 8680.12%▲ 294.2762,903
51🇲🇦 Royal Air Maroc 1 in 8770.11%▼ 114.282963
52🇴🇲 Oman Air 1 in 8780.11%▲ 64.2841,924
53🇦🇪 Etihad Airways 1 in 8810.11%▲ 64.2841,937
54🇵🇦 COPA Airlines 1 in 9600.10%▲ 144.3431,456
55🇺🇸 Spirit Airlines 1 in 9680.10%▲ 184.3541,937
56🇭🇺 Wizz Air 1 in 1,0460.10%▲ 44.392970
57🇲🇾 Batik Air Malaysia 1 in 1,0510.10%▼ 54.401483
58🇧🇭 Gulf Air 1 in 1,0540.09%▼ 44.401481
59🇺🇸 Hawaiian Airlines 1 in 1,0540.09%▲ 64.402962
60🇮🇸 Icelandair 1 in 1,1150.09%▼ 24.431482
61🇮🇩 Batik Air 1 in 1,1150.09%▲ 304.432964
62🇮🇷 Iran Air 1 in 1,1440.09%=4.451484
63🇸🇦 Saudia 1 in 1,1820.08%▲ 144.4652,405
64🇧🇪 Brussels Airlines 1 in 1,2110.08%▲ 24.481482
65🇧🇷 GOL Airlines 1 in 1,2450.08%▲ 34.4931,456
66🇫🇮 Finnair 1 in 1,2530.08%▲ 114.492969
67🇲🇾 Malaysia Airlines 1 in 1,3230.08%▲ 54.522964
68🇲🇾 Air Asia 1 in 1,3420.07%▲ 64.5341,934
69🇭🇰 Cathay Pacific 1 in 1,3560.07%▲ 84.5331,450
70🇻🇳 Vietnam Airlines 1 in 1,3680.07%▲ 84.542966
71🇪🇸 Air Europa 1 in 1,4640.07%▲ 304.571483
72🇮🇩 Garuda Indonesia 1 in 1,5230.07%▲ 184.5831,443
73🇧🇷 LATAM Brazil 1 in 1,5610.06%▲ 294.5931,447
74🇩🇪 Eurowings 1 in 1,7390.06%▲ 294.642963
75🇦🇪 flydubai 1 in 1,9720.05%▲ 134.681483
76🇿🇦 South African 1 in 2,0380.05%▲ 254.691483
77🇦🇺 Jetstar 1 in 2,6810.04%▲ 154.761481
78🇳🇱 Transavia 1 in 2,8200.04%▲ 214.781485
79🇨🇱 LATAM Chile 1 in 3,9300.03%▲ 174.841481
80🇸🇬 Scoot 1 in 4,1520.02%▲ 184.851485
81🇨🇳 Air China 1 in 12,5010.01%▲ 194.951482
+= Median 1 in 6580.15%


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%▲ 10.25313,850
2🇬🇧 Heathrow London 1 in 591.70%▲ 20.2524110,801
3🇮🇳 Gandhi Delhi 1 in 601.66%▲ 30.251987,708
4🇮🇳 Shivaji Mumbai 1 in 661.52%▲ 40.251360,009
5🇧🇪 Brussels Brussels 1 in 991.01%▲ 50.25418,467
6🇬🇧 Gatwick London 1 in 1030.97%▲ 60.25836,929
7🇲🇽 Juárez Mexico City 1 in 1350.74%▲ 70.30627,699
8🇫🇷 Charles de Gaulle Paris 1 in 1400.72%▲ 80.46941,546
9🇺🇸 Liberty Newark, NJ 1 in 1570.64%▲ 90.97523,078
10🇮🇹 Fiumicino Rome 1 in 1850.54%▲ 101.58418,466
11🇺🇸 Orlando Orlando, FL 1 in 2010.50%▲ 111.85418,464
12🇨🇦 Pearson Toronto 1 in 2130.47%▲ 122.02418,463
13🇸🇬 Changi Singapore 1 in 2250.44%▲ 132.19523,081
14🇹🇷 Istanbul Istanbul 1 in 2310.43%▲ 142.26523,077
15🇬🇧 Stansted London 1 in 2930.34%▲ 152.8414,617
16🇺🇸 Dallas/Fort Worth Dallas 1 in 3030.33%▲ 162.91418,469
17🇳🇱 Schiphol Amsterdam 1 in 3100.32%▲ 172.96418,467
18🇲🇾 KLIA Kuala Lumpur 1 in 3530.28%▲ 183.21313,850
19🇺🇸 Denver Denver, CO 1 in 3700.27%▲ 193.29313,850
20🇺🇸 Sky Harbor Phoenix, AZ 1 in 3970.25%▲ 203.4129,231
21🇺🇸 Sea-Tac Seattle 1 in 4240.24%▲ 213.5129,233
22🇪🇸 El Prat Barcelona 1 in 4280.23%▲ 223.5229,231
23🇺🇸 LAX Los Angeles 1 in 5100.20%▲ 233.76313,849
24🇦🇪 Dubai Dubai 1 in 5320.19%▲ 243.81313,847
25🇩🇪 Frankfurt Frankfurt 1 in 5830.17%▲ 253.9129,234
26🇶🇦 Hamad Doha 1 in 6750.15%▲ 264.0614,616
27🇺🇸 George Bush Houston, TX 1 in 7360.14%▲ 274.1414,616
28🇺🇸 Miami Miami 1 in 7970.13%▲ 284.2114,616
29🇺🇸 Charlotte Douglas Charlotte, NC 1 in 8300.12%▲ 294.2414,617
30🇺🇸 Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta 1 in 9400.11%▲ 304.3329,232
31🇺🇸 John F. Kennedy New York City 1 in 1,0740.09%▲ 314.4114,616
32🇺🇸 O'Hare Chicago 1 in 1,4440.07%▲ 324.5614,617
+= 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 3770.27%2.48476229,993
2Africa1 in 5170.19%3.16178,188
3Europe1 in 5510.18%3.28415200,233
4Oceania1 in 8030.12%3.82104,851
5Middle East1 in 8780.11%3.926531,318
6Asia1 in 9510.11%4.0013163,312
7Latin America1 in 9600.10%4.012713,028


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 781.29%0.2514067,485
2🇰🇪 Kenya1 in 1600.63%0.2583,851
3🇵🇰 Pakistan1 in 2100.48%0.4752,416
4🇮🇳 India1 in 2270.44%0.828239,667
5🇱🇰 Sri Lanka1 in 2330.43%0.9231,451
6🇮🇪 Ireland1 in 2520.40%1.223416,485
7🇶🇦 Qatar1 in 3060.33%1.892311,058
8🇨🇦 Canada1 in 3220.31%2.053215,457
9🇪🇹 Ethiopia1 in 3670.27%2.4162,892
10🇲🇽 Mexico1 in 3780.26%2.4962,885
11🇯🇴 Jordan1 in 3820.26%2.512965
12🇺🇸 United States1 in 3910.26%2.57444214,536
13🇫🇷 France1 in 4250.24%2.76178,173
14🇪🇬 Egypt1 in 4270.23%2.7841,943
15🇹🇷 Turkey1 in 4460.22%2.873014,468
16🇷🇸 Serbia1 in 4750.21%3.002970
17🇬🇧 United Kingdom1 in 4830.21%3.0313766,078
18🇵🇭 Philippines1 in 5200.19%3.1731,449
19🇬🇷 Greece1 in 5200.19%3.1731,448
20🇳🇱 Netherlands1 in 5200.19%3.17146,760
21🇱🇺 Luxembourg1 in 5390.19%3.241485
22🇦🇷 Argentina1 in 6150.16%3.4631,448
23🇸🇪 Sweden1 in 6400.16%3.5262,903
24🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates1 in 6530.15%3.542512,060
25🇨🇭 Switzerland1 in 6580.15%3.5631,447
26🇸🇬 Singapore1 in 6800.15%3.60115,294
27🇨🇴 Colombia1 in 6890.15%3.6283,855
28🇮🇹 Italy1 in 6930.14%3.6352,416
29🇦🇺 Australia1 in 8030.12%3.82104,851
30🇩🇪 Germany1 in 8490.12%3.88178,212
31🇹🇭 Thailand1 in 8610.12%3.9031,446
32🇯🇵 Japan1 in 8680.12%3.9162,903
33🇲🇦 Morocco1 in 8770.11%3.922963
34🇴🇲 Oman1 in 8780.11%3.9241,924
35🇵🇦 Panama1 in 9600.10%4.0131,456
36🇭🇺 Hungary1 in 1,0460.10%4.092970
37🇧🇭 Bahrain1 in 1,0540.09%4.101481
38🇮🇸 Iceland1 in 1,1150.09%4.151482
39🇮🇷 Iran1 in 1,1440.09%4.171484
40🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia1 in 1,1820.08%4.2052,405
41🇧🇪 Belgium1 in 1,2110.08%4.221482
42🇫🇮 Finland1 in 1,2530.08%4.242969
43🇮🇩 Indonesia1 in 1,2870.08%4.2652,407
44🇲🇾 Malaysia1 in 1,3230.08%4.2873,380
45🇭🇰 Hong Kong1 in 1,3560.07%4.3031,450
46🇻🇳 Vietnam1 in 1,3680.07%4.312966
47🇧🇷 Brazil1 in 1,3850.07%4.3162,903
48🇿🇦 South Africa1 in 2,0380.05%4.531483
49🇨🇱 Chile1 in 3,9300.03%4.761481
50🇨🇳 China1 in 12,5010.01%4.921482

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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