Are you tired of waiting for your luggage when you get off the plane? Discover the unstoppable trick to get your suitcase out of the hold first. Surprisingly, it benefits the latecomers quite a bit!
When a flight lands, we all have the same fear of an interminable wait before retrieving checked baggage from the hold, especially during school holidays. Luckily, there are tricks to get your suitcases positioned first on the carpet, and the most common one is quite surprising:
Check in your checked baggage as late as possible
No, it’s not a joke. Before your plane takes off, the more you check in your luggage at the last moment, the better you will be served on arrival! While travelers are always advised to arrive at the airport a few hours before their flight to check in as early as possible, Checking in at the latest will guarantee you to see your suitcase go down first on the carousel when the plane arrives.
Thomas Lo Sciuto, ramp and boarding agent at a regional airport in the United States, confirms this information on the forum Quora “Bags will always be loaded back and forth onto the baggage carts, so if you check in last, your baggage will be in the last baggage cart, which will be boarded the plane last and unloaded first once once arrived at destination”.
Ask to have a “fragile” sticker on your suitcase
Admittedly, for some, late check-in might cause more stress than waiting for your suitcase. That’s why there’s another tip for picking up your luggage first at the airport: dask at check-in to stick a “fragile” sticker on your luggage. THEs luggage who carry this label will be placed above the others in the hold to prevent their container from being damaged. They will be therefore among the first to be dischargeds and arrive at the carousel at the destination airport.