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US Airways SUCKS! Don't use them EVER! - Item missing in baggage

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Posted By: DrSuess on 7/5/2007

I will NEVER ever EVER fly US AIRWAYS again!!! It’s the worst airline service I have ever experienced in all my years of travel. They acquired America West Airlines which was the airline I always used to fly to Fresno. Let start from the beginning:

For my departure Sunday morning I arrived at BWI 1 ½ - 2 hours before my flight, the line was three to four rows of a couple hundred people and only (4) kiosk machines were working out of 10 -12 kiosk machines.

People were being pulled out of the line for the very next flight. At this point I was wondering if I was going to make my flight and still had to go through security with only 25 min till flight time. Luckily I made did my fight with a few minutes to spare.


When I arrived at Fresno, CA my luggage with all my clothes was missing. I was one of many standing in line with lost luggage. I filled out a claim number with my cell number and was told to call this number later in the day. I called several times that afternoon and received a standard answering machine message like a home answering machine: “Please leave a message” I left several messages and finally decided to go to the airport at 11:30 pm that night to check on my luggage. My luggage was there at the airport and nobody ever called to say it have arrived.

When I was out in Fresno I purchased a new pair of Sony Studio Monitor headphones ($100.00) from the Guitar Center. I did not have enough room in my carry-on baggage so I packed it in my checked baggage for my return flight home.

My flight home was a red-eye fight (my choice). When I got home at 9:00 am I went t sleep and later that afternoon I woke up and started unpacking. Guess what my new ($100.00) headphones were missing out of my checked luggage. I called the airline and was told I have to return to the airport within 24 hours with the checked bag with the missing item.


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    rhondam718732 (07/05/2007)      
    I would be frustrated too but airlines aren't going to hand out chewcks to every passenger that cites a missing item. It will never happen. I have the attitude that whenever I fly, I fly with the knowledge that everything I am checking may disappear with no reimbursement. It's the harsh reality. I don't pack anything above and beyond clothes and toiletires in the check in baggage. Get a bigger carry on bag if you need to (plus you can have 2) so there should be a way to have enough room to carry on the impt items. Many mothers have carried on their purses, kids food, and necessities, toys, reading material, medicine, etc and managed...so can ... more >>

    HappyJoyBear (07/05/2007)      
    This is why I drive...

    Airline ticket price are high.

    overbooked and understaff.

    too many plans, not enough airports.

    Airline merge into a monopoly operation.

    This is why I drive...

    Hugh_Jorgen (07/05/2007)      
    Rhondam is right - don't check it unless you can afford to lose it. And FWIW, America West bought and merged with USAir, not the other way around. They are slowly making some progress in getting USAir more like the old America West was with regard to customer service.


    MRM (07/05/2007)      
    Addition to HappyJoyBear comments:
    The airport is crowded
    Long waiting lines at times

    ibrwrng79 (07/29/2007)      
    US Airways happens to be my least favorite airline for customer service. But, I am biased as they lost my bag over a year ago. They have never found it, nor have compensated me for it. I don't care about the compensation, I'd just rather have my clothes and tennis racket back. I was told though, that it was stolen by a US Airways employee in Philadelphia!! As is the case with most 'lost' items out of PHL,

    lunaan (07/31/2007)      
    America West bought US Airways. So Us Airways did not aquire AWA, it was the other way around.

    98Bird (03/20/2009)      
    Hey, welcome to risks of flying cheap. Why did you fly US Airways? Oh, because Orbitz, Travelocity, etc. showed you the lowest fares with them. Most of the airlines are in the tank. But damn, the rates are so cheap it's hard to pass up.

    2003m3 (06/03/2009)      
    What more would you expect from a chickens**t outfit? Unfortunately, they are not alone in being like that. This is not meant to be arrogant and badmouth the U.S.. This is simply a fact learned from my own experience of flying 200,000-300,000 miles a year. There are no decent airlines in the U.S. any more.

    To travel happy, I have made it a rule to avoid American carriers like the plague. In the last 8 or so years, the quality of service has gone down terribly. The airlines are squeezed between unions, shareholders and the government. Shareholders demand return on investment. Unions demand high pay. FAA won't let them fly if they cut ... more >>


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