PRAY FOR THE LEG !!!
 

U.S. freakin Airways claims that they have FINALLY found my aunt's luggage! Her artificial leg is in there (hopefully!)

She booked U.S. Airways and they ended up putting her on "U.S. Airways operated by United operated by United Express/Atlantic Airways connecting to America West". Good lord! Just try to find missing luggage when THAT is your itinerary. All you get is "you've called the wrong airline". Two days on the phone is VERY TOUGH on the right ear let me tell you!

she hasn't got the bag yet but we're praying that the leg is still in there!

Yikes! The Griswold family definitely joins this prayer-train. We've lost luggage before...it's not pretty. But at least we could WALK while we waited.

Is it a good idea to check your artificial leg? I would keep that with me in a carry-on. If a bag is lost, that would be the one.

She asks that you PRAY, not criticize!

Sheesh! there is always someone with something negative to say!
tracy, Big prayers going out for your poor aunt! How awful for her..Please do let us know as soon as things are settled.

I hope your aunt's leg is recovered. I can't imagine anyone taking it -- how awful (and sick) that would be!!

Gosh, tracy, I hopes it all turns out alright! Your aunt goes on my prayer list tonight.

Tracy, I admire your sense of humor...and I will Pray For The Leg!!!

I hope your aunt finds the leg.

She won't be able to sue U.S. Airways. She doesn't have a leg to stand on!

Dusty!:-D

Joan

They get worse:

I once stopped for a one legged hitchhiker. When he got to the car, I told him to hop in.

Did you hear about the one legged politician? He was out stumping for votes.

Her artificial leg is in the luggage???? What did she do, hop down the jetway?

Do you suppose that when the baggage was scanned or Xrayed or whatever, they saw the image of a leg and felt compelled to open the suitcase considering it "suspicious", causing a delay of that leg? @-)

Tracy's aunt <i>could</i> have been carrying a <i>spare</i> prosthetic in her checked bag. That's my supposition.

Tracy, I hope she gets it back. They ain't cheap, are they?!

Don't panic Tracy....if someone stole it they won't get very far on one leg.

Tracy, thanks for keeping us up to date--let us know what happens. In the meantime, I will pray for the leg!

Did anyone else get attacked by Dumbo?!? Oh yeah, that makes me want to go to Disney World.

I did AnnMarie. Once again, there is no apparent place to &quot;off&quot; him.

We may all have to pray for tracys2cents
if her aunt finds out she has postings about her missing leg on a website.
I do hope the leg is returned safely though.
I am a nurse and I must say have had some fun with legs we have found lying around in hospitals - but nurses do have a sick sense of humor you know.
We never absconded with the leg though -
just had some fun with it -

I knew a guy who had an artificial arm stolen. When they caught the culprit, they charged him with armed robbery.

Thanks Malesherbes, I couldn't find the &quot;close&quot; button either but wondered if I missed it.

Wow, after a really lousy and long
Monday, thanks for the smiles!

But I *DO* hope, and will pray,
that auntie's leg is returned.

Now skipping one leg of a flight takes on a new meaning.

Sorry, Tracy, hopefully all she'd checked in will come back.

I knew that airfares had gone up lately, but I didn't realize that flying now costs an arm and a leg!!

I'll be thinking of her too. All these prayers from friends should give your aunt a leg-up in her efforts.

LOL :D

Latest update is that United found the bag, gave it to US Airways and US Airways now has given it to America Worst. Tonight America Worst will hand it over to the luggage van who will make a 2 hour trip to deliver the bag.

United Express charged her extra because her bag was too heavy. Apparently America Worst had no way of knowing this so held the bag and didn't put it onto the next flight because it was overweight. That's what they're saying anyway.

God bless PENNY from US Airways baggage claim for personally tracking down the bag and getting it onto the next flight. Thankfully we had been told NOT to deal with US Air through their 800 baggage number but to find out the number direct to the baggage office at the airport. Since the bag might have been in any of three airports, we got lucky to find it in the first office that we called. We actually got told by one of the 800 number agents (can't remember which airline) that &quot;most people just give up and never find their bags, it's just too confusing and too much of a hassle&quot;.

And of course all the airlines asked &quot;why in the world was her LEG in her baggage&quot;? and the answer is BECAUSE IT DIDN'T FIT INTO THE OVERHEAD! Bud-dum-pump!

If the leg is overweight/oversized, was she supposed to buy a separate seat for it?

Sorry again, Tracy, but I have the feeling you need a smile. And a hug!

I've heard of US Scare but not America Worst, LOL. Good news...provided that van shows up! If you took this to court the airline wouldn't have a leg to stand on--bah dah dah ding!

when will there be a press release?

Imagine postcards start coming to Auntie and they are photos of the leg, in various cities around the US!!

This is pretty funny. Why wasn't the woman wearing it when traveling, to save seat space? If it was as suggested, a spare, what was the purpose of sending it, in case of a flat foot?

Same thing happened to my Aunt Peg.

Sorry about all the inappropriate humor. Just a knee-jerk reaction.

When Aunt Peg went to get her replacement leg fitted she met a woman who's artificial leg was too short. That leg was shorter than her other leg. Her name was Eileen. There was also a Japanese woman whose artificial leg was shorter than her own leg. Her name was Irene.

It is hard to decide who has the best post here, but I am leaning towards &quot;mrwunrfl&quot;. But nothing is final yet. Come on people, get out there and stump for votes!

sunburn1944, you should see what the nursing students and the cleaning help at night do/arrange with the practice dummies (both whole and dismantled into parts.)

I had to make a rule. No more than 1 practice model in a bed. One time I had to go bring one to be mended and when I pulled it out of my trunk, a man in a closely parked vehicle looked like he was going to faint.

We're not even going to talk about the organ models.

Tracy, what's the status? I'd like to know if you did indeed receive the bag last night...or have you been pulling OUR leg?!? :-?

Did the old bag get her leggage back?

I'm stumped.

I suppose your aunt goes to IHOP for breakfast.

And her favorite movie must be &quot;Footloose.&quot;

Seriously, I wish her all the best.