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Best Baggage Service - Domestic Airline

by SmarterTravel.com Staff
Editor's Note: This story was originally published on October 27, 2008. To see the most recent SmarterTravel articles on related topics, please click on any of the following links:

Winner: Southwest
Second Place: Continental
Honorable Mention: Delta

In our readers' experience, they've gotten the most reliable baggage service from Southwest, followed by Continental and Delta. This differs somewhat from DOT monthly reports of mishandled baggage which have ranked Hawaiian, JetBlue, Northwest, and AirTran as having the fewest incidents in 2008 so far.

Voting Breakdown:

Southwest................................34.16%
Continental...............................9.34%
Delta........................................8.75%
JetBlue.....................................7.59%
American..................................6.64%
United......................................5.40%
AirTran.....................................3.78%
Northwest.................................3.76%
US Airways...............................3.13%
Other........................................17.46%
Total.........................................100%

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