Lost or delayed bag? Where each airline takes claims

The airline’s own reporting deadlines and its verified claim channels, checked by a person against the airline’s pages. Pick your airline.

• Aer LingusEI · 3 verified ways to claim · written claim within 21 days
• Air CanadaAC · 2 verified ways to claim · written claim within 21 days
• Air FranceAF · 2 verified ways to claim · written claim within 21 days
• Alaska AirlinesAS · 4 verified ways to claim
• AllegiantG4 · 3 verified ways to claim · written claim within 21 days
• American AirlinesAA · 5 verified ways to claim · written claim within 30 days
• British AirwaysBA · 2 verified ways to claim · written claim within 21 days
• Delta Air LinesDL · 4 verified ways to claim · written claim within 30 days
• EmiratesEK · 2 verified ways to claim · written claim within 21 days
• Frontier AirlinesF9 · 1 verified way to claim
• Hawaiian AirlinesHA · 3 verified ways to claim
• IberiaIB · 2 verified ways to claim · written claim within 21 days
• IcelandairFI · 2 verified ways to claim · written claim within 21 days
• JetBlueB6 · 4 verified ways to claim · written claim within 21 days
• KLM Royal Dutch AirlinesKL · 2 verified ways to claim · written claim within 21 days
• LufthansaLH · 3 verified ways to claim · written claim within 21 days
• NorwegianDY · 2 verified ways to claim · written claim within 21 days
• Qatar AirwaysQR · 2 verified ways to claim · written claim within 21 days
• SAS Scandinavian AirlinesSK · 2 verified ways to claim · written claim within 21 days
• Southwest AirlinesWN · 3 verified ways to claim
• Turkish AirlinesTK · 2 verified ways to claim · written claim within 21 days
• United AirlinesUA · 5 verified ways to claim · written claim within 45 days
• Virgin AtlanticVS · 6 verified ways to claim · written claim within 21 days

Airline not listed? The rules are the same. Build your claim and send it to the address on your airport report or the airline’s baggage page.