Timeline for How do you prevent somebody from stealing your luggage when traveling by air?
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| Jul 2, 2021 at 9:34 | comment | added | jcaron | @DavidMulder Baggage claim for at least some domestic flights is (or was) accessible to the public in at least Toulouse and Orly (both in France). In many airports the same baggage area may be used for both domestic and international flights so it's indeed off-limits to the public, but there are probably a lot more examples (though I can't remember any others off the top of my head). | |
| Jul 1, 2021 at 22:25 | history | edited | David Mulder | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 1, 2021 at 22:25 | comment | added | David Mulder | @jcaron and @ eps Fair enough, makes sense that the US does its own thing (big isolated country). Will remove the 'if not all'. Never taken a domestic flight within the US and in all other countries I had seen so far even small domestic flights had baggage claim in an off limits area. | |
| Jul 1, 2021 at 18:55 | comment | added | eps | "Virtually all - if not all - airports have the baggage claim only accessible for passengers " In the US not only is this wrong, it's the exact opposite of what is true. Almost all domestic baggage claim is accessible to the public w/o ID check. | |
| Jul 1, 2021 at 13:43 | comment | added | jcaron | There are quite a few airports where the baggage claim area is open to the public for domestic flights. Only baggage claim areas for international arrivals are nearly guaranteed to be restricted (due to customs). | |
| Jul 1, 2021 at 13:37 | comment | added | usr-local-ΕΨΗΕΛΩΝ |
The chance of your bag being stolen is far higher before you enter an airport. Interestingly, if travelers use a coach bus to reach the airport there is an exponentially increased opportunity for thieves, because bags are loaded in the bottom trunk before passengers board. That all depends on the coach operator's security measures (keep an eye on who's next to the trunk!)
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| Jul 1, 2021 at 9:40 | history | answered | David Mulder | CC BY-SA 4.0 |