When Your Luggage is Damaged

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Your baggage and contents are damaged on a trip with the airlines. They owe you. Maybe, maybe not.

My travel golf bag had significant damage on a recent golf trip. It appeared to be caught in a belt or from a Velociraptor missing a meal. In any event, I made the initial claim with American Airlines at the airport to get the process started. The club heads were obviously ground in the conveyor system through the holes in the top and side parts of the bag.

I have never filed a luggage claim, so this was an education. Can you get luggage, contents, or this case, golf clubs replaced when damaged or lost as luggage?

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