That said, I've never had a problem, until last trip that is. Nothing is worse than arriving home, tired, hungover, and dreading the thought of facing the real work on Monday. The only thing that makes that worse, is staring at the baggage carousel and realizing your bag isn't coming...ok, maybe the only thing worse was losing your bag on your way TO Las Vegas...
I was particularly worried, as I tend to take my best clothes to Vegas, and would probably be pretty pissed at losing them. Anyway, after cursing to no one in particular, I went to the SW desk, and was relieved to recognize a couple people from my flight in the same predicament, all the while my fiance did laps around the airport. To their credit, the SW people couldn't have been nicer, turns out this happens all the time coming from LAS. I also was lucky there are hourly flights to Phoenix from Las Vegas, so my bag wasn't too far behind.
As every cloud has a silver lining, it turned out for the best, as Southwest dropped off my bag at my house, 2 hours after I got home, meaning I didn't have to lug it out of the airport and into the car.
The lesson here is to always allow enough time to get to the airport. Not just in fear of missing your flight, but to make sure your bag gets checked. Evidently Southwest requires 45 minutes, or your bag will be marked as a late check in. Also, claims must be made within 4 hours of arrival for missing or damaged items.
Southwest's baggage info is located here.
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