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It's chaos at the luggage claim!

Here are the do's and don'ts for retrieving your checked bags

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Christopher Elliott
Feb 26, 2023
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What is it about the luggage carousel that brings out the worst in air travelers?

Marcia Sherrill almost asked that question out loud when she landed in New York recently and watched a spectacle unfold.

"They were climbing over people and knocking into the folks in front of them when they spotted their bag," remembers Sh…

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