So, you want to know where your lost luggage may be?

[Are_grits_groceries]

She may have some of it:

Pair Stole Up to 1K Bags at Ariz. Airport
Two people suspected of stealing up to 1,000 pieces of luggage from baggage claim carousels at Phoenix's airport have been arrested by police who found heaps of the stolen bags strewn throughout their home.

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"A piece of luggage here, a piece of luggage there, I would imagine gets stolen out of airports all the time," Phoenix police Detective James Holmes said Tuesday. "This is a livelihood. There's a lot of luggage and there's a lot of victims."

King, 61, and Legg-King, 38, were arrested Monday, and each was booked into jail on charges of theft of property and possession of stolen property. Legg-King also was arrested on suspicion of tampering with evidence. It was not immediately clear how the two are related.
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Holmes said investigators do not know how long the thefts have been happening, or whether more people were involved. All the luggage tags that would help identify the bags' owners were removed, he said.
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Deborah Ostreicher, a spokeswoman for the Phoenix airport, said airlines stopped checking passengers' baggage claim tickets there sometime in the last 10 years as a cost-cutting measure.

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1934321,00.html#ixzz0VykliWMs

I'll bet this is a booming enterprise at a lot of airports.

In addition, there are so many items you can't carry on the plane, there is more for the thieves to take.

[Jamastiene]

1. Wow, she even LOOKS like a stark raving mad luggage thief.

:wow:

[melm00se]

2. you know

there used to be a time where you had to show your "claim ticket" (the other have of your luggage tag) to leave the baggage claim area with your bags.

[MineralMan]

3. Leave the plane, then walk directly to the baggage claim area.

In most airports, you'll be there at least 5 minutes before your luggage is. Station yourself near the chute in the direction the carousel turns and grab your bag as soon as it comes down. Problem solved.

The other thing that will work is to use old, crappy, ugly luggage. The thieves will figure there's nothing in it worth anything.