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You could be in for a shock when collecting your lost property… a fee of up to £50
AIR and rail passengers are being charged up to £50 for the return of their own lost property. Sunday Post investigation has revealed travellers are being forced to shell out to retrieve their own items – sometimes more than they are actually worth. Lost property services have become a major industry in the UK, with…
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Local tech company to sell PHL’s lost-and-found items
Municibid, a Center City tech company that develops an online auction platform for the public sector, has started selling the items passengers leave behind at the Philadelphia Airport. Some of the items currently on the auction block include a Magic Bullet blender, a chess set, and a random trophy – everything has at least one bid. Greg…
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The Airline Lost Your Luggage. Now What?
The absolute worst thing that can happen to you when you arrive at the airport after a long trip is waiting at the luggage carousel and watching it stop as you stand there empty-handed. The airline has lost your bags and you’re stranded in a foreign country with no toothbrush, no shampoo, and no clothing.…
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Norfolk airport might shorten lost and found times
The Norfolk airport’s lost and found office proves this: If you can travel with it, you can lose it. Ipods, laptops, headphones, even pool cues end up misplaced or just left behind. Airport workers try to find the owners, but that’s not always easy. Eventually, the lost loot is unloaded at auction. But now that…
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Alaska Airlines Loses Its Own CEO’s Luggage
Not even airline executives are safe from having a bad flight. Last week, Alaska Airlines president and CEO, Brad Tilden, got on stage at an airline gathering in Washington, D.C. and according to a report in the LA Times, told the audience that his checked bag had been misplaced during the flight and was delivered to…
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Polish fireman returns huge diamond ring to Paris Hilton
Paris Hilton got lucky in Poland. The 34-year-old socialite lost an enormous diamond-studded ring on an airport shuttle bus in the Polish city of Lodz last week. But she won’t be parted from the jewel for long: an honest fireman who found it is returning it to her. Ewa Bienkowska, the lodz airport lost and…
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Brisbane airport lost property attracts $25,000 at auction
Charities have profited from the misery of Brisbane Airport’s travellers, after $25,000 worth of lost belongings went under the hammer. Brisbane Airport visitor information centre manager Jenni Greaves, who ran the airport’s ambassador program, said there was always variety among the items that turned up in the lost property collection. “Nothing surprises us anymore, and…
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Family Claims Delta Air Lines Lost Cat At San Diego Airport
Over the past several years, Delta AirLines Lost and Found has been at the center of numerous tragic stories of regarding pet transports. Now, a family who was flying their cat on the airline from San Diego to Baltimore is hoping their tale of loss ends on a happy note. ABC 10 News reports that an hour…
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Wedding Album Lost at LAX Returned to Bay Area Couple
Los Angeles Airport Police officers hand-delivered a lost wedding photo album to a family, July 30, 2015, in Modesto, California A wedding album that was found at Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport Lost and Found and remained unclaimed for nearly a year was returned Fridat to its owners — who are…
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Cat Lost in Cargo Was Reunited With Owner 19 Months Later
After bumming around Hawaii for almost two years, Bogie the cat is safely at home in Michigan with his family, who had abandoned all hope of finding their beloved pet. When a family moved from Hawaii to Detroit, Michigan, more than a year ago, they thought they had lost their cat forever. Bogie, a Siamese…
