How to dispose of a broken suitcase at an airport?

12/2/2014 11:16:56 AM

I had the same problem once in Frankfurt airport.

When you buy the new suitcase you can ask the seller to keep your old one. They will know exactly what to do with it.

They are usually really happy of selling the suitcase, so they will help you in any way to complete the sell.

8/13/2014 2:50:37 PM

I had to do exactly that once, at London Heathrow. What I did was to give the old bag to one of the cleaners emptying the bins. He took it and probably disposed it somewhere.

8/8/2014 2:38:14 AM

“Losing” your property is not illegal. If you have a case you cannot dispose of I would just “forget” to pick it up. Coin lockers are convenient here. Or the baggage carousel.

The airport (or any public space) should provide suitable disposal facilities. If they don’t they create their own problems.

Maybe don’t leave a wind-up clock inside the old suitcase.

8/8/2014 12:20:20 AM

No need to buy a new suitcase! Don’t all international airports have a luggage wrapping service? If you arrive at the airport to find your luggage slightly broken, the luggage wrapping service will be a good solution. It is a better solution that buying a new suitcase in the airport.

When they wrap the luggage, they often cut out the wheels and handles, so even though it is wrapped up, it is easy to wheel around.

Reference: Why would you wrap your luggage in plastic?

8/13/2014 3:06:17 PM

You should probably attempt these in the given order:

  1. If the broken bag is small enough compared to the new one, place it within the new bag
  2. Ask security
  3. Ask your airline personnel
  4. Leave the suitcase open and as obviously empty as you can make it next to a bin with a piece of paper that says “TRASH” or equivalent

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