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This happened earlier this week.
I spent last weekend visiting family in Utah (I live in Virginia). The morning of my flight home, I had my car and apartment keys in my hand, and thought "If I take these out of my luggage, it'll be one more thing I have to keep track of, but if I leave them in I know they won't be going anywhere." So I left them in my checked baggage, handed the luggage off to the American Airlines rep, and hopped on the plane. Also in the luggage was my three year old goddaughter's teddy bear; she wanted me to have it on the flight to 'protect me from the virus'.
Well, my keys didn't go anywhere, and neither did the rest of my luggage; it never made it to Virginia. I found this out when I landed at 11:30 PM. After 18 hours of dealing with baggage services, we worked out that my luggage never left the airport in Salt Lake City. The airport staff can't find the bags, so I had to get replacement car keys and a rental while I was waiting for the new keys, which were not cheap. Also missing is the teddy bear, which my goddaughter is heartbroken over. I feel terrible for losing it. She's being reasonable for a three year old, which makes me feel even worse. Her parents have a replacement bear for situations like this, but she says it isn't the same, and I don't blame her. If the stuff I lost is gone, I can buy more, but her bear can't be replaced.
TL;DR Checked baggage included my goddaughter's teddy bear; it's currently in the same place as the Amber Room and Amelia Earhart.
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