How can there be so much lost luggage?
Actually, there is far less lost luggage than you might think. Airlines use sophisticated global tracing systems and over 99.9% of all bags checked are returned. But there are far more people traveling today. Billions of bags are checked with the airlines every year. In the past few years, the airlines have dramatically reduced the number of lost bags. Also, many items are simply lost or left behind without identification, which adds to the unclaimed baggage.
