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“Complete Chaos”: Dublin Man Buys New Plane Ticket Just To Look For His Suitcase At The Airport
Travel chaos at Dublin (DUB) air- port: A man had to buy a ticket for a flight who never intended to fly – just so he could search for his missing suitcase.
Chaos has erupt- ed at many air- ports across
Europe as we find ourselves In the middle of the holi- day season. While never end- ing queues with ungodly waiting times are certain- ly the bane of cur- rent traveller, nothing quite tops the miserable and frustrating experi-
ence of losing a suitcase. As a result of staff shortages and general opera- tional difficulties, many airline pas- sengers are now waiting for their luggage for days or even weeks; often with no idea where their suit-
case is.
At Dublin Airport (DUB), a traveller took matters into his own hands to search for his lug- gage. Dermot Lennon returned from a trip to Australia at the end of June 2022. After his luggage was apparently lost, Mr. Lennon left the airport without his suit- case. Although after hearing nothing for a week, he later returned to the airport himself in order to track down his bag. In order to gain access, however, he was forced to buy a new ticket for himself, despite having no
intention of flying.
Due to security reasons only a limited number of people were allowed into the zone where the lost suitcases were kept, Lennon reported. Security checks would have caused additional delays. “There was complete chaos,” he said, describing the conditions at the airport. So the cunning Irishman simply bought the cheapest plane ticket available because it allowed him to go straight from the gate to the bag- gage carousel. All in all, he paid a grand total of18
euros for a flight to Glasgow.
After wandering around for hours searching, Dermot Lennon luckily finally managed to locate his suit- case – in the midst of thou- sands of pieces of luggage, as he says. Some suit- cases were apparently there for over a month, judging by the date stamps with- out anyone pick- ing them up or handing them over to the own- ers. The airport in Dublin itself does not take care of the lost luggage, but rather the air- lines are held responsible.
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