Tips for Travel Right Now With Airport Chaos, Delays, Lost Luggage

I realized that even when my flight is on time, my baggage might make me miss my connection.

As a result of our Caribbean island vacation spot was off the crushed path, our return journey went like this: a small propeller airplane from St. Vincent and the Grenadines to an American Airways connection in Barbados, by way of Miami, after which again dwelling to Los Angeles.

Once we acquired to Miami, about eight hours into our journey, we have been already sweaty and exhausted however needed to acquire our checked baggage for customs, solely to recheck it instantly for our ultimate flight to Los Angeles.

That is customary process when touring on a multi-leg worldwide flight and it was not only a logistical inconvenience, however it additionally almost prompted us to overlook our connection dwelling. 

That is as a result of despite the fact that the flight from Barbados to Miami was roughly on time, our baggage took nicely over an hour to make its means out to the carousel.

Whereas I might thought of the opportunity of a late flight inflicting a missed connection, it hadn’t even occurred to me that baggage alone might do it. 

Our layover in Miami was about 2.5 hours lengthy, and it ended up being lengthy sufficient to clear this hurdle. However I undoubtedly would not permit for something shorter than that when touring again to the US with a layover from a world vacation spot.

Going ahead, I’ll keep in mind that an extended layover buffer is beneficial when checking and rechecking baggage.