Suitcase auction at the airport. Lost baggage can be found at auction

The Polish carrier LOT organized the country's first auction for the sale of lost baggage. According to the rules established by the IATA (International Air Transport Association), lost baggage must be stored for two years.

If, after this period, the owner or owner of things does not claim the things, the company has the right to dispose of them.

There were 100 people willing to take part in such an auction - this is the number of people who bought tickets for participation costing about 2.5 euros (10 zlotys). An additional feature of the auction was that none of the participants knew what exactly he was buying - all the suitcases were closed, so all that was left was to make assumptions about their contents, based on their shape and appearance.

At the beginning of the auction, lots were sold at a price that practically did not exceed the starting price - 2.5 euros. But gradually the participants of the event began to show more excitement, and the average purchase amount was about 84 euros (350 zlotys). The most expensive lot was sold for 143 euros (600 zlotys). A total of 67 pieces of luggage were sold for a total of 5485 euros (23,000 zlotys). Most of them contained clothing, but some suitcases also contained electronic devices such as laptops, telephones, and photo scanners.

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The contract for international air carriage is governed by Warsaw Convention. Based on the agreement, the following must be observed:

• general principles of air transportation of people, cargo in accordance with federal regulations (VEC RF Article 102, paragraph 1);
• it is possible to establish their own federal laws for air transportation (VEC RF Article 102, paragraph 2).

The established procedure must comply with general principles and cannot degrade passenger service on airlines.

Lufthansa baggage rules

Lufthansa's allowance is set in accordance with the class of service:

1. Economy class - permissible weight - 23 kilograms, number of seats - 1.
2. Premium economy class - permissible weight - 23 kg, number of seats - 2.
3. Business class - permissible weight - up to 32 kg, number of seats - 2.
4. First class - permissible weight - up to 32 kg, quantity - 2.

Additional fees will be charged for the exceeded rate.

Information regarding carry-on baggage

Its quantity and size Lufthansa allows for carriage, depending on the class of service:

• economy - one piece up to 8 kg;
• premium economy - one up to 8 kg;
• business - two to 8 kg;
• first class - two up to 8 kg.

Each place is permissible in size 55x40x20 cm, luggage must weigh less than 8 kg. The cover for clothes can be taken with you to the salon if the size is less than 57x54x15 cm.

Oversized transported in the cargo compartment. Additional fees apply for excess weight.

The import of products of animal origin into the countries of the European Union is regulated by veterinary legislation. All products of animal origin are subject to veterinary control.

Flight fares

Paid additional services for exceeding the norm do not allow transporting more than 45 kilograms. In some directions weight is limited to 32 kg.

If the norms are exceeded, the cargo is sent to the baggage department. Payment is made according to the tariff for the carriage of goods. For example, for sports equipment, the surcharge ranges from 50 to 200 euros.

Ski equipment is an exception. The coordination of sports equipment is done before departure at the airline's service centers.

Tariffs introduced:

1. Economy Light.
2. Economy Classic.
3. Economy Flex.
4. Business Class.

The Economy-Light fare is suitable for tourists who bring only hand luggage with them and know exactly the day of departure. According to the fare is prohibited from rebooking and returning the ticket. Additionally, at any time, you can add the transportation of one unit of cargo.

The Economy Classic tariff includes additional servicing and flexible conditions. Rebooking of the ticket is allowed at this tariff.

Economy Flex is suitable for airline passengers with flexible travel plans. Rebooking and refunds with deduction are allowed.

Business Class is a relaxing and comfortable journey to the maximum. In business class, you can choose an extended list of services with flexible conditions:

• high quality food;
• two luggage can be carried free of charge;
• other privileges.

Services for additional payment

As an additional service a passenger seat, baggage transportation or an upgrade to business class are booked. There is an option to check in and carry one piece of baggage at the Light fare, provided that the first piece of baggage is added to your booking.

Lufthansa baggage rates vary depending on the circumstances of the booking. Additional services are booked:

• together with the online ticket the cost is 15 euro;
• at the sales counter directly to the airport - 30 euro;
• at the gate - 45 euro.

The most profitable - first option. This is better than paying an excess weight fee.

A few words about duty free

Duty-free shopping in the international zone of the airport or on a passenger aircraft is cheaper than the same items in the store.

They are carried in the cabin of the aircraft if there is a receipt. The goods are not allowed to be opened before arrival. Lufthansa offers duty free to its passengers with a bonus discount system.

Lufthansa: baggage auctions

Forgotten suitcases, bags and other things are put up for auction in Germany. The buyer does not need to know what is inside the forgotten baggage. Lufthansa keeps things in a locker for three months.

After that, forgotten suitcases, bags and other things are put up for auction. First, all things are looked through by customs officers.

The auction does not sell money, expired food, weapons, drugs.

Approvals and prohibitions

Passports, necessary papers, medicines, valuables, laptops, mobile phones are transported in the aircraft cabin hand luggage... Allowed to carry one additional piece of maximum 30 x 40 x 10 cm:

• wheelchair;
• portable cradle;
• baby car seat;
• folding stroller for one child;
• orthopedic device for movement.

It is prohibited to carry in the cabin: weapons, imitation / replica weapons, objects that can be used as weapons, pointed, sharp or blunt objects:

• scissors;
• pocket knife;
• baseball bat;
• Other items that are classified as dangerous.

It is not allowed to carry in the luggage compartment:

• matches;
• lighters;
• accumulators;
• spare cartridges;
• e-Sigs;
• fuel cell batteries;
• portable oxygen concentrators.

To ensure the safety of the aircraft flight, there are strict rules, including strictly regulated and the transportation of things on board. Our experts have prepared a number of materials on the norms and costs of baggage such

Did you know that in Europe there has long been a developed practice of selling luggage that the owners once lost and did not return for it? Airlines store other people's suitcases for two years and then simply put them up for auction. The most interesting thing is that neither the airline employees nor the customers know what they will get in this suitcase, but, nevertheless, they bargain for the suitcase they like with unknown items inside.

You can only guess about the stuffing of a suitcase by its outline. For example, in Poland at such an auction, the starting price was 2.5 euros for a suitcase, but buyers got excited, and the highest bid was about 150 euros for a suitcase with no idea what is inside. The average price for a suitcase was about 80 euros. Mostly there were clothes inside, but there were also some equipment: laptops, tablets, cell phones, digital cameras. Auctions are always a lot of fun, because sometimes people pay a lot of money for completely unnecessary things. And some trade to the last and receive branded accessories and clothing. Whoever is lucky.

The most popular auctions are in Italy. The inhabitants of the Apennine Peninsula are so fond of excitement that they arrange trades there every day from 10 to 16 hours. Sometimes the rates there go up to $ 500! The starting cost of a suitcase is on average 75 euros.

In Germany, auctions are held only 20 times a year, but the event turns into a real celebration. There, the starting cost is about 10 euros.

And in the US, auctions are not held. There, all lost suitcases are sent to the Unclaimed Baggage Center. Things eventually end up in the small town of Scottsboro in Alabama. There they are taken apart, cleaned in a specially created laundry and put up for sale.

Sixty percent of the goods are clothing. Counters with it occupy the entire first floor of the store. There are also shelves of books, CD racks, electronics baskets and jewelry display cases. Sports goods occupy an entire department in one section of the store, and a special room contains goods that do not fit into any of the categories.

Of course, items in the Unclaimed Baggage Center are on sale at a huge discount. For example, a lost Versace dress with an original cost of $ 1000 can be bought for as little as $ 55, an Adidas suit for $ 15, an iPad for $ 70, a tube of used Japanese toothpaste for 50 cents, a sapphire for $ 15,000 and a diamond bracelet. - for $ 7,500, gold wedding rings and pearl necklaces - for half their face value. More than a million customers come to the store every year.

According to statistics, the leaders in the loss of baggage are Lufthansa, AirFrance and British Airways.

Luggage auctions are not held in Russia. Airlines believe it is unfair to sell other people's belongings. Therefore, they are always waiting for their owners.

• It all began in 1970, when an insurance agent named Doyle Owens borrowed $ 300 and a pickup truck and bought about a hundred bags left on the regular buses. He brought them to Scottsboro, a city of approximately 15,000, expecting to sell them out within weeks. He was surprised when all the bags were sold out in one day. For Owens, it was just a small business that he did until 1978.
• The US Baggage Center now covers an entire 15,000 square meter city block and employs 110 workers.

Many have heard about the auction of lost luggage, what is it? Auction - means the sale at auction of any item, that is, a lot. This means that the auction of lost luggage is the process of selling at auction those things and suitcases that people did not take, lost, forgot during the flight.

Where is the lost baggage auction held?

All bags that, for whatever reason, were not returned to their owners, are sent to the Lost Luggage Center in the United States, located in Alabama. This is a huge warehouse, where about a million bags, suitcases and other types of lost luggage go through each year.

Lost baggage auction

Auctions are held either at the headquarters in the Lost Luggage Center, where they sell cheap sports equipment, suits, suitcases, and so on. Or the airline itself holds auctions. For example, one Spanish airline put up for auction those items that passengers forgot in the cabin of the plane and, accordingly, did not return for them. They put up for auction: gloves, scarves, books, hats, mobile phones, gold, umbrellas and so on.

What can be purchased at such an auction?

Some airlines conduct auctions for unpacked suitcases. The most interesting thing is that neither the airline employees nor the customers know what they will get in this suitcase, but nevertheless they bargain for the suitcase they like with unknown objects inside. You can only guess about the stuffing of a suitcase by its outline. For example, in Poland at such an auction, the starting price was 2.5 euros for a suitcase, but buyers got excited, and the highest bid was about 150 euros for a suitcase with no idea what is inside. On average, the price for a suitcase was around 80 euros. Basically, there were clothes inside, but there were also equipment: laptops, tablets, cell phones, digital cameras.

1. The airline is obliged to keep the lost luggage for 2 years, if during this time the owner does not take the luggage, the airline can dispose of it.

2. There are lost luggage stores, which gained wide popularity due to the fact that Oprah Winfield, a famous American TV presenter, mentioned these stores in her popular talk show.

3. About 7000 lost suitcases are added to the Lost Baggage Center every day.

4. At the Lost Baggage Center, you can buy goods with a 50-70 percent discount, for example, a Versace dress worth $ 1000, where you can buy it for 50 US rubles.

5. The area of \u200b\u200bthe Lost Baggage Center is 15,000 square meters, imagine how huge it is!

7. One guy bought a suitcase at an auction, inside it was: MacBook, iPad, Nikon camera, cell phone, tablet. The suitcase cost him only $ 200.

According to the rules of the International Air Transport Association, lost items at the airport are sent to the lost baggage auction. First, the suitcases are handed over for special storage (for a maximum of 2 years). If, within the specified period, the owner does not return for his belongings, suitcases and bags are disposed of or given up for auction.

Lost baggage auction

The latter practice is widespread in the United States and. The lot is not unpacked, so the buyer does not know anything about the contents of the suitcase. It is possible, by pure chance, to buy expensive things, electronics and travel souvenirs.

There are many ways to return things to the rightful owner, but they don't always work, and it is less profitable and pitiful to destroy bags. Before becoming lots at the auction, suitcases go through a certain identification procedure.

When passengers check in, a tag is attached to their luggage with information about the owner, points of departure and arrival. For various reasons, the sticker can be torn off, mixed up or damaged to such a state that the data cannot be read. In most cases, the passengers themselves find the loss during the day. There are some that can reduce the risk of losing your luggage.

If the bag or suitcase has been left unattended for more than 24 hours, a luggage detective will handle it. It is the responsibility of this person to describe the loss and launch the obtained parameters (color, size and special features) into the worldwide database of missing luggage. The base sends information to all airports in the world, and in any air harbor, the owner can find out about a lost suitcase.

After 5 days of inactivity, the bags are opened in storage. Baggage detective describes all the contents and launches information about things into the aforementioned database.

If the suitcase is not found according to this information, it will be sent to the auction.

Every year in the world 80 thousand bags and suitcases are lost. Airlines can give baggage to the auction in 3 months, despite the 2 years established by international rules. As a rule, tenders are held directly at the airport. Suitcases are never unpacked.

Items prohibited for carriage are seized, as well as food. The purchased things are often left to themselves, but there are people who are trying to find the owners of the lost bags on their own. The most famous of these people is the Englishwoman Luna Labu.

Lost air baggage is auctioned off in Germany

Some buyers are driven by intrigue, others - by the desire to buy things for family and friends, because for 80 euros you can buy a dress and Chanel shoes. The lufthansa auction starts at an average of 10 euros and the final price is unpredictable.

Lost baggage shop in Scottsboro

According to statistics, the leaders in the loss of baggage are large European airlines: Lufthansa, AirFrance and BritishAirways. At the Kansai airport in the Japanese city of Osaka, not a single bag has been lost since 1994.