Good morning Folks! I took a last minute trip down to POP over this past weekend (June 12th to 16th). It was short but sweet, as always.
I flew from Toronto to Miami and then Miami to POP via American Airlines. I was told by AA that I was not allowed locks on my luggage and so, to ensure that the zippers wouldn't open, I used twist ties to keep them shut. In addition to that, I put straps around the duffle bags.
My luggage arrived in POP without a hitch but I noticed right away that my bags had been opened. Straps were way too loose and my twist ties were gone. When I got to my hotel room, I opened my bags, and the contents were literally turned inside out. Ziploc bags were ripped opened. Ziplocs within ziplocs were opened. Shoes which were in bags, were now admist my clothes. Small shoe boxes which were taped shut were also ripped opened. And even the cologne boxes inside one of those boxes were ripped opened. I was not impressed. Nothing major was missing, just some gum and my film. My film was inside my small little purse I use for the evenings (in a ziploc bag), and he/she would have had to open the zipper to take them. I'm not sure where my bags were tampered with but I just wanted to let others now (as per Grahame's suggestion!).
My suggestion would be to put locks on and let the airlines cut them off!
I flew from Toronto to Miami and then Miami to POP via American Airlines. I was told by AA that I was not allowed locks on my luggage and so, to ensure that the zippers wouldn't open, I used twist ties to keep them shut. In addition to that, I put straps around the duffle bags.
My luggage arrived in POP without a hitch but I noticed right away that my bags had been opened. Straps were way too loose and my twist ties were gone. When I got to my hotel room, I opened my bags, and the contents were literally turned inside out. Ziploc bags were ripped opened. Ziplocs within ziplocs were opened. Shoes which were in bags, were now admist my clothes. Small shoe boxes which were taped shut were also ripped opened. And even the cologne boxes inside one of those boxes were ripped opened. I was not impressed. Nothing major was missing, just some gum and my film. My film was inside my small little purse I use for the evenings (in a ziploc bag), and he/she would have had to open the zipper to take them. I'm not sure where my bags were tampered with but I just wanted to let others now (as per Grahame's suggestion!).
My suggestion would be to put locks on and let the airlines cut them off!