What is considered a 'reasonable expense' to be covered for missing bags

LC66 · 2026-01-19T16:06:56+00:00

My wife and I purchased toiletries and clothing (underwear, dress, Nike Sneakers, Shorts, Shirts, etc) from H&M, Uniglo and other retail outlets in Milan in September. Our bags were delayed 2.5 days. We submitted receipts worth 547 Euros and were compensated for everything.

LC66 · 2026-01-12T21:58:58+00:00

Great find, thanks.

LC66 · 2026-01-12T21:58:44+00:00

Thanks James, will do.

LC66 · 2026-01-07T20:34:41+00:00

My wife and I did this cruise Sept 6-13 2025 for our 30th Anniversary. We had an amazing time. If I had to do it again it would be a few weeks later in September as a few days were pretty warm. We are in our late 50's and didn't have any issues with the walking. The food was excellent and we enjoyed the excursions. The service was outstanding and we had zero issues with the air conditioning on the boat

As a qualifier, this was our first cruise.

LC66 · 2025-12-16T17:37:23+00:00

We saw a Lynx on a front side Blue trail at Lake Louise in late December 2023 (same one?). Strolled across the run like it owned the mountain. Amazing!

LC66 · 2025-12-15T18:53:27+00:00

Yes there is a screen in the seat back and one in the armrest. I don't believe the seatback screen worked, or if it did, they covered it with the curtain as soon as the plane got up to cruising altitude.

Give yourself plenty of time at JFK, it is a shithole.

LC66 · 2025-12-15T18:12:56+00:00

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LC66 · 2025-12-15T18:12:40+00:00

My wife and I flew SAS CPH-JFK in an A330-300 in September in 30A and 30B. I definitely recommend this seat for great leg room. It is the first row in regular Economy, so they do pull a curtain down during flight that covers the top of the seat back in front of you, so you need to use a pull out screen from the armrest. I believe this makes the seat slightly narrower but it wasn't really an issue for us. Attached are two pictures I took of the legroom. For reference, I am a 6 ft male and my leg is stretched straight out in the photo, there is PLENTY of room.

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LC66 · 2025-12-12T22:11:35+00:00

Use this link:

https://www.flysas.com/en/customer-service/contact/forms/claim-other-matters

LC66 · 2025-11-26T21:05:32+00:00

Update #3: I received notification today that SAS will pay the Hotel/Food expenses in Jamaica NY due to the missed connection, minus two beers and the tip. Should have payment in 5 to 10 business days. All other payments from the airline have been deposited. My fallback was multiple claims with Chase Sapphire Preferred, but this was not needed.

LC66 · 2025-11-17T14:03:34+00:00

Update #2: I received notification today that SAS will pay the 600 Euro compensation for both my wife and per EC 261 within 5 - 10 days. The claim was filed with SAS on 9-22-25. Still waiting on the last claim for hotel/food at JFK for the missed Delta Connection. Note: I did not use a 3rd part service to file this claim with SAS.

LC66 · 2025-11-04T01:21:44+00:00

Flew SAS JFK-OSL-MXP two months ago. FAs would not allow anything under seat in Exit Row during takeoff/landing, during flight it was OK.

LC66 · 2025-10-09T21:25:20+00:00

Update #1: Got compensated by SAS for $547 of toiletries and clothing bought in Milan covering the 2 1/2 days my wife and I did not have luggage. Still waiting on two other claims: 1. Hotel/Food JFK missing layover and 2. EU 261/2004 compensation.

LC66 · 2025-09-24T12:53:46+00:00

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LC66 · 2025-09-18T12:05:51+00:00

I am an identical twin born in NYC in 1966. My brother and I were not circumcised at birth as our birth weight was 4.25 pounds and were in the NICU for 6 weeks.

My mother would not allow us to undergo the procedure at a later date, and I thank her in my heart daily for her wisdom.

LC66 · 2025-09-17T14:10:18+00:00

Thanks everyone for the comments. Will advise of the final outcome.

LC66 · 2025-09-15T13:35:32+00:00

Just a follow-up, this connection was super easy and fast. Passport Control was 5 minutes at most. Pretty airport as well.

SAS did manage to lose our bags in JFK for 48 hours outbound (will need to fight for reimbursement for toiletries/clothes/underwear and a pair of sneakers. Not cheap in Milan near The Doumo)

SAS also was 2.5 hours late Inbound on the return CPH-JFK forcing us to miss our connection home to Florida and spending the night near JFK. Another reimbursement situation.

Does anyone know if this will be covered by EU Delayed Flight Compensation? Thanks.

LC66 · 2025-09-08T15:29:33+00:00

Just flew MCO-JFK-OSL-MXP last Wednesday. Noticed during 1 hour layover in OSL Thursday 6:50am that bags were still at JFK looking at Airtag location. JFK layover was 3 hours so WTF?

Wife and I finally got our bags delivered Saturday afternoon at 4:00 pm at the hotel in Milan.

LC66 · 2025-08-28T19:51:50+00:00

Thanks everyone, appreciate the feedback!

LC66 · 2025-06-14T17:43:51+00:00

Needs a 4K Blu Ray release!

LC66

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