Baggage broken into an items stolen at Madrid airport - Claim?

eDicky

MalMonroe said:

eDicky said:

I've said it before (to the protests of some) and I'll say it again - airport baggage handlers in general, with exceptions such as Singapore, maybe Dubai, are basically dishonest to the the extent of being ready to rob anything valuable that they see contained in luggage during a scan. So you need to bear this in mind when packing your bags.

Here is another protest because that defamatory comment is not true. I will humbly stand to be corrected if you can supply detailed and correct data and statistics for us. If you are unable to, then neither you, nor we, can either assert or believe such facts.

I have travelled to many places - Australia, Canada, USA, South Africa, Asia (including Singapore), Europe and have never experienced any theft at all. If there are any dishonest baggage handlers I have never encountered any. On two occasions my luggage was misplaced and on both occasions it was recovered and forwarded on to me at my destination. Once - after a flight from Las Vegas, I noticed that my suitcase had been opened when I arrived in the UK and there was an official notice inside saying that the contents had been searched by US customs. They had broken the lock but they specified that they were allowed to do that by the US government. (Nothing was missing, nothing illegal found by them, just a random spot search.)

When packing bags to travel the best advice to offer is do ensure that you have comprehensive travel insurance covering not only lost baggage but also the costs that may be incurred if you're taken ill or have an accident. Treatment overseas costs a bomb and repatriation is extortionate. 

If I were a baggage handler anywhere, I certainly would not be happy about your blasé comment above.

My apologies for having offended your sensibilities - if you have never suffered any loss (presumably by not packing valuables that are visible during security scan), and US customs did not rob you, then my assertion about baggage handlers must be mistaken.

Presumably in the OP's case the thief somehow breached security to enter the baggage handling area and was able to identify which case to rob without being noticed by the handlers.

And I should also apologize to baggage handlers in general, except the one who's a relative of a poster on the previous thread where I made such an assertion, who confirmed its truth.