Things must be known before signing up for expensive luggage

You need to be familiar with these things when you deposit your luggage at the airport, avoid losing money and bringing you more warmth in your heart.

Warsaw International Convention

Warsaw Convention is the international convention for the airline's liability for international transport of people, luggage and goods. And according to this convention, checked baggage in international flights will be compensated with a value not exceeding 17 SDR / kg.

Many people who come here will wonder what SDR is? It is an abbreviation for the Special Drawing Rights - SDR is understood as a calculation unit defined by the International Monetary Fund. 1 SDR is equivalent to 1.3 USD (more than 30,000 VND).

Checked baggage will be compensated not more than 17 SDR / kg when lost

So will we be at risk when depositing high value goods?

The answer is no! All airlines have a clause to declare high value goods when depositing . When the baggage is declared lost, the company will be required to compensate for the value of the goods, unless it proves the declared value is greater than the actual value.

Of course, when depositing high-value luggage, you will be charged a higher fee than usual depending on its regulations. However, in fact the baggage loss rate is very low. According to data from the International Air Association IATA, 98.2% of luggage is transported according to plan. And that is also the reason why many people decide not to declare luggage, avoid losing a sizable fee but . useless.

In addition, in the charter of the airline, it is clear that, for international transport, the company has the right to refuse to transport in the form of consignment electronic devices (laptops, cameras, camcorders). , listening to music, MP3s, phones .), fragile, perishable items, money, jewelry, keys, passports, identification, business .

High value luggage may be refused to be deposited

Once you have decided not to declare the value of the goods, you have accepted the compensation of only 17 SDR / kg in accordance with the Warsaw International Convention.

What to do with baggage when depositing?

Normally when flying, passengers carrying checked baggage will come to the check-in counter. Here, the company's staff will accept luggage, and you will have to leave it until you land.

Your luggage will have to go through a rather long journey, including dozens of meters of conveyor belt through the baggage scanner area, then put out the loading and unloading area for employees to unload, transfer to the plane. Then, when landing, the luggage will be taken down to the conveyor belt, loaded onto the cart to return to the baggage claim area in the airport.

It can be seen that the transport of luggage requires a lot of steps that need to be human, so it is impossible to avoid hitting, causing baggage to burst, break the lock. Even, it is possible that the staff unloading the baggage is not . mindful, throwing away the customer's luggage.

In addition, even though the airports have cameras, it is impossible to exclude cases of crooks who deliberately unlocked and stole passengers' luggage.

Baggage is unpacked during transport

Prevent loss of checked baggage when flying

1. Use hard suitcases with underground locks at the edges instead of normal zippers.If you want to get stuff inside the crook will have to break the lock, then the suitcase will not be closed, and we will know if someone has affected your luggage.In addition, hard suitcases can be more resistant to impact.
2. If you use a normal suitcase, you should use wrap and tape to seal the suitcase.With this method, it will take a long time if the crook wants to hang in your suitcase, while reducing the impact shock.
3. With consignment boxes also use the method of covering and wrapping the tape to cover the entire container, along with the specific name, address and phone number.