Does your luggage get treated better on prem/biz/First?

[SOPOOR]

Yes it comes out first, airlines will probably help you more if its lost/damaged.

But is the luggage handled more gently? Or differently?

 

[Mattg]

In my experience, it makes no difference.

 

[RooFlyer]

Yes it comes out first,

No, it doesn't!

airlines will probably help you more if its lost/damaged.

Not really.

 

[Quickstatus]

No

No

 

[SOPOOR]

No, it doesn't!



Not really.

In my 2 or 3 first class trips. My luggage definitely came out first. In the first batch at least (did i just get lucky?)

 

[AuSammy]

Not travelled F, but in J (depending on destination airport) no guarantee your luggage will be treated any better than all the rest. Even with airline priority labels prominently displayed, in Switzerland and Vietnam and Vancouver was actually last bag on the carousel. In other airports came out randomly from early to very late.

 

[luxury-lizard]

In my experience - Asian airlines are the only ones who manage to get priority bags off first - of course, only when arriving in their home port. SQ gets first prize for this.

QF and VA bag delivery is totally random.

2 bags checked-in together are almost never delivered together (or even close to each other)

 

[downgraded]

In my 2 or 3 first class trips. My luggage definitely came out first. In the first batch at least (did i just get lucky?)

Yes. I've seen all the first bags come out together and last numerous times. But sometimes they are at the front.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Some airlines have a priority line for F/J bag problems, and offer different ‘emergency’ compensation depending on your class. For example when my bags were delayed on SWISS it was CHF350 for F, 250 for J and 125 for Y per 24 hour delay to cover essentials.

 

[Beer_budget]

Never had any issues with bags coming first/early in J, but they're still loaded and unloaded by the same indifferent baggage handlers, and subject to the same in-flight rattling about. That said I've only ever had two bags damaged in 20 years, and neither was catastrophic. One Y on QLink (Dash 8 between CBR-BNE) that looked like an elephant sat on it, one SQ J SIN-SYD that definitely sat in the rain a bit long.

 

[Mr_Tee]

I've always considered that the baggage carousel is "the Great Equaliser" when it comes to Economy vs. Premium air travel. No matter where you're sitting in the plane everyone at the baggage carousel is treated equally when it comes to when and how your bag will be returned back to you.