Airline Baggage Stats: More Checked Bags Mishandled More Often


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At a time when U.S. airlines are talking about new bag-tracking technologies and other improvements, they collectively let an uptick in checked bags ruin several years of strides in their mishandled bags' numbers.

Even as some airlines hike bag fees, passengers almost counter-intuitively checked more bags per person in 2013. And right on cue, despite a few years of improvements, airlines mishandled more bags per passenger on domestic flights in 2013 compared with 2012, according to TSA and DOT statistics cited by Airlines for Americ