whether you think approximately it,we essentially pay airlines to lose our luggage. You check a bag (often paying at least $25 on many airlines), cross your fingers it makes it to your destination secure and sound, or then secure to baggage claim only to leave empty-handed because the airline has "misplaced" your belongings. While your bag is off in Boise,ID, and you're in Miami without a fresh pair of undies, or the airline is sitting pretty because it's made its money regardless of whether or not you secure your bag back in a timely manner. Seems crazy,no? Well apparently, the Federal Aviation Administration agrees. A original law that's piece of the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2016 says that the secretary of transportation "will require a covered air carrier to promptly provide an automatic refund to a passenger in the amount of any applicable ancillary fees paid whether the covered air carrier has charged the passenger an ancillary fee for checked baggage but the covered air carrier fails to deliver the checked baggage to the passenger not later than six hours after the arrival of a domestic flight or 12 hours after the arrival of an international flight."This basically means that passengers will secure a rebate from the airline whether they paid to check their bags and don't receive them in an allotted amount of time. It will go into effect this year and will hopefully make lost bags a little bit less of a terrible experience. A little bit. Related Stories: 6 Ways to Save Money on Airline Baggage Fees;
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