Comments on: United Loses BASE Gear http://www.highinfatuation.com/blog/united-loses-base-gear/ A climber and jumper Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: A Personal Finance » Blog Archive » United Loses $12,418.28 Of Famous Rock Climber Steph Davis’s Gear [Complaints] http://www.highinfatuation.com/blog/united-loses-base-gear/comment-page-1/#comment-2942 A Personal Finance » Blog Archive » United Loses $12,418.28 Of Famous Rock Climber Steph Davis’s Gear [Complaints] Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:02:53 +0000 http://www.highinfatuation.com/blog/?p=2776#comment-2942 [...] United Loses BASE Gear [High Places] (Thanks to Mark!) Leave a Reply | [...] [...] United Loses BASE Gear [High Places] (Thanks to Mark!) Leave a Reply | [...]

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]]> By: Sunday Links | Outdoor Vancouver http://www.highinfatuation.com/blog/united-loses-base-gear/comment-page-1/#comment-2939 Sunday Links | Outdoor Vancouver Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:48:00 +0000 http://www.highinfatuation.com/blog/?p=2776#comment-2939 [...] Twitter) search  for $12,000 worth of base jumping gear that United Airlines has lost, she has a humorous  post on her blog including pictures from here most recent trip. Tweet This!Share this on FacebookDigg this!Share [...] [...] Twitter) search  for $12,000 worth of base jumping gear that United Airlines has lost, she has a humorous  post on her blog including pictures from here most recent trip. Tweet This!Share this on FacebookDigg this!Share [...]

]]> By: Uwe Dengler http://www.highinfatuation.com/blog/united-loses-base-gear/comment-page-1/#comment-2938 Uwe Dengler Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:31:13 +0000 http://www.highinfatuation.com/blog/?p=2776#comment-2938 Your thoughts about the last flight make total sense Steph. Never let your gard down. On the other hand you will not have to worry about your last jump in Lauterbrunnen next year. :-) There is always the flight home. The fact that one bag arrived at its destination and all the other stuff did not on this non-stop flight is absolutely weird. Obviously something is/went totally wrong here. Being on a bus to the terminal in London I once accidentally noticed the car carrying the luggage dropping/loosing pieces of baggage all over the place. Sometimes things are done in too much of a rush. Your thoughts about the last flight make total sense Steph. Never let your gard down. On the other hand you will not have to worry about your last jump in Lauterbrunnen next year. :-) There is always the flight home. The fact that one bag arrived at its destination and all the other stuff did not on this non-stop flight is absolutely weird. Obviously something is/went totally wrong here. Being on a bus to the terminal in London I once accidentally noticed the car carrying the luggage dropping/loosing pieces of baggage all over the place. Sometimes things are done in too much of a rush.

]]> By: MungE http://www.highinfatuation.com/blog/united-loses-base-gear/comment-page-1/#comment-2922 MungE Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:41:45 +0000 http://www.highinfatuation.com/blog/?p=2776#comment-2922 Typical United. I've flown with them to the UK and was completely underwhelmed by the low class, low quality and shitty service. sorry SD. hopefully the wing companies will cut you a discount if you have to rebuy the gear. Typical United. I’ve flown with them to the UK and was completely underwhelmed by the low class, low quality and shitty service. sorry SD. hopefully the wing companies will cut you a discount if you have to rebuy the gear.

]]> By: Ben http://www.highinfatuation.com/blog/united-loses-base-gear/comment-page-1/#comment-2918 Ben Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:51:19 +0000 http://www.highinfatuation.com/blog/?p=2776#comment-2918 Wow... what a horrible ending to an awesome story :( You might consider starting to travel with an unloaded "firearm" in your luggage (a flare or airsoft gun is enough). That way you can lock your luggage with locks that cannot be opened by anyone except you. Losing gear sucks! http://deviating.net/firearms/packing/ Wow… what a horrible ending to an awesome story :( You might consider starting to travel with an unloaded “firearm” in your luggage (a flare or airsoft gun is enough). That way you can lock your luggage with locks that cannot be opened by anyone except you. Losing gear sucks! http://deviating.net/firearms/packing/

]]> By: Steph Davis http://www.highinfatuation.com/blog/united-loses-base-gear/comment-page-1/#comment-2916 Steph Davis Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:56:37 +0000 http://www.highinfatuation.com/blog/?p=2776#comment-2916 LOVE the song!! Thank you so much to everyone who has emailed, linked, facebooked, called and tweeted to me and for me! I just got an email from a "united baggage claim representative" stating that united does intend to fully replace all the gear if it is not found in 30 days. Obviously I am still quite tweaked about it being missing and am slightly dubious, but this is a real light at the end of the tunnel. Our voices have been heard. You are such an amazing community. Thank you so much. Updates to follow! Xxx steph LOVE the song!! Thank you so much to everyone who has emailed, linked, facebooked, called and tweeted to me and for me! I just got an email from a “united baggage claim representative” stating that united does intend to fully replace all the gear if it is not found in 30 days. Obviously I am still quite tweaked about it being missing and am slightly dubious, but this is a real light at the end of the tunnel. Our voices have been heard. You are such an amazing community. Thank you so much. Updates to follow! Xxx steph

]]> By: Greg http://www.highinfatuation.com/blog/united-loses-base-gear/comment-page-1/#comment-2915 Greg Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:46:30 +0000 http://www.highinfatuation.com/blog/?p=2776#comment-2915 Somebody set this to music: United took her money to send her bags along But somehow on a nonstop flight her bags have gotten gone How did they lose her wingsuit, her parachute and gear? Did you strap them on a customer and toss them out the rear? Oh United, why did her bags get lost? Oh United, you tell her to eat the cost! Oh United, your service aint the best! (really sucks) And even though she's got receipts you won't reimburse the rest! (give her all her bucks) Her luggage is her livelihood, she's worried and can't sleep, ANd now she's sitting earthbound, but with promises to keep. You charged her for her baggage with your "transporation fee" But now that they are gone you say "Hey don't look at me!" Oh United, you've cost her 12 thousand dollars Oh United, we're getting hot under our collars Oh United, your customers will bail, Cuz by losing all the luggage you earn a #SUPERFAIL Somebody set this to music:

United took her money to send her bags along
But somehow on a nonstop flight her bags have gotten gone
How did they lose her wingsuit, her parachute and gear?
Did you strap them on a customer and toss them out the rear?

Oh United, why did her bags get lost?
Oh United, you tell her to eat the cost!
Oh United, your service aint the best! (really sucks)
And even though she’s got receipts you won’t reimburse the rest! (give her all her bucks)

Her luggage is her livelihood, she’s worried and can’t sleep,
ANd now she’s sitting earthbound, but with promises to keep.
You charged her for her baggage with your “transporation fee”
But now that they are gone you say “Hey don’t look at me!”

Oh United, you’ve cost her 12 thousand dollars
Oh United, we’re getting hot under our collars
Oh United, your customers will bail,
Cuz by losing all the luggage you earn a #SUPERFAIL

]]> By: Matt http://www.highinfatuation.com/blog/united-loses-base-gear/comment-page-1/#comment-2914 Matt Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:10:16 +0000 http://www.highinfatuation.com/blog/?p=2776#comment-2914 Did you buy your airline tickets with a credit card? If so, there's a good chance that you have travel insurance that will cover the loss of your luggage. Call the number on the back of the card you used, and ask them. At $12000, it's well worth the effort. Did you buy your airline tickets with a credit card? If so, there’s a good chance that you have travel insurance that will cover the loss of your luggage. Call the number on the back of the card you used, and ask them. At $12000, it’s well worth the effort.

]]> By: pog http://www.highinfatuation.com/blog/united-loses-base-gear/comment-page-1/#comment-2911 pog Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:24:22 +0000 http://www.highinfatuation.com/blog/?p=2776#comment-2911 You are going to have take them to court, or hope that this story creates enough internet chatter for them to actually do something about it and make them look decent. Good luck, I can definitely relate. You are going to have take them to court, or hope that this story creates enough internet chatter for them to actually do something about it and make them look decent. Good luck, I can definitely relate.

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