JT Genter

Points & miles writer since 2015. Digital nomad since 2017. I help travelers maximize loyalty rewards programs and credit cards. @awardwallet Editor-in-Chief

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@RoyaleWithChee @Delta We had a tracker in it. That didn't keep it from being stolen, but it did help us catch the guy and recover the bag!

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Ugh. Checked baggage stolen off of @Delta baggage claim belt in JFK Terminal 4.

Delta missing baggage claim and police report filed before leaving the terminal.

Never had this happen before. Happy for any tips on what to do next.

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@Simon111xyz @Delta We had a tracker in the bag, but I wasn't going to post that while we were tracking him!

And we just used it to arrest the suspect and recover the bag!

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@TheRideshareGuy @Delta Yes of course. And we just used it to arrest the suspect and recover the bag!

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@Delta OH MY GOD! WE GOT THE GUY... IN DC!! 🙌

For all of those who thought I was an idiot for not having a tracker in the bag... Well, we did! But I didn't want to say that publicly while police were tracking the guy 😏

Used the tracker to catch him red-handed. Items being recovered.

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@Delta Also, literally who thinks this bag has any value to them?! They are going to be so remarkably disappointed by its contents.

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@travelwithluigi @Delta It was stolen and the cops just caught the guy.

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@girl75219 @Delta I carry a few weeks' worth in my carry-on and the remainder in my checked luggage. Since we live nomadically and can't always get an easy refill overseas, I carry a couple months' worth at a time.

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@ImaginingIndigo @Delta Well one of our bags was still on the belt. My bag was taken. No remaining bags looked anything like mine. My bag has an incredibly distinctive red bag tag.

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@justme6696 @Delta Easy to say when you're on a short trip. My wife and I literally live out of these bags.

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@mglbill @JTGenter @Delta So that you can locate the dumpster where your bag was dumped after they rifled through it? Super valuable information from that AirTag.

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@flysw @Delta Lol the thieves must have been so disappointed!

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@NicholasGess @Delta Yep that's what I'm figuring. Still hoping it was taken mistakenly and will be at least be turned in.

And if I didn't literally live out of this checked bag, I'd be carry-on only.

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@RoyaleWithChee @Delta That doesn't keep the bag from being stolen.

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@Simon111xyz @Delta That doesn't keep the bag from getting stolen.

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@lbmoney89 @Delta That doesn't prevent it from being stolen.

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@YoTheOrangedog @Delta Not to them but to me they are! And fwiw, all of our clothes are clean. I just did a few loads of clothes yesterday. 12 shirts, 12 pairs of underwear, 12 pairs of socks, 5 pairs of shorts/pants.

But it's the irreplaceable memories that are they worst loss.

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@aheeger @Delta Yeah not the case this time based on the evidence so far.

The thieves are going to be so disappointed.

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@aw93704 @Delta Crazy! Did you catch them at the time?

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@PaulM81587676 @Delta I have a few week's worth in my carry-on. Remember that I'm a nomad, so I sometimes have to carry a few month's worth at a time.

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@contrailnews @Delta Yeah Port Authority assures me that they are pulling the footage.

But that doesn't get all of my belongings back 😞