Stop in for a cup of coffee

S-1... I hear you!! Used to be that the flags and stickers went INSIDE the luggage... Guess that was too hard for those who wanted to "Lost" your stuff. Hope you get things sorted out. So you were ON the aircraft but your bags never got put on the aircraft?? How's that work?

Sounds like you need a musher and sled team.

Good luck on your southbound trek!!!
No we never even got on, there was never even a plane at the gate. That is why I could not figure out how on earth they could lose the luggage? And I always thought it was much better to put all the tags on inside then it is non descript luggage. They changed the protocol here a few years back.