If you have ever had the misfortune of having your luggage misplaced while flying, you know the pain and anguish that can come from it. As someone who once had to wait two days for his luggage to arrive at his home after flying out of the country, I can assure you it is absolutely no fun having an airline say to you, “Don’t worry, we’ll find it.”
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton has not only suffered through the ordeal of losing his luggage while traveling, but has now done so twice in the span of one week.
Dalton lost his luggage last week when his suitcases fell out of his truck. A mad scramble for his luggage commenced and with the help of Twitter, Dalton was eventually reunited with his lost bags.
If anybody in DFW traveling from 75-635 towards the airport finds 2 black suitcases on the road please contact me. Fell out bed of our truck
— Andy Dalton (@andydalton14) February 10, 2016
Thanks for those spreading the word. If you happen to have them, send a pic. And trust me…I know this is a long shot. #bagsearch2016
— Andy Dalton (@andydalton14) February 10, 2016
We are going to find them. We have enough people raising awareness. #bagsearch2016 https://t.co/ix5pMeZ3hf
— Andy Dalton (@andydalton14) February 10, 2016
#bagsearch2016 is officially over! Thankful that Robert found our bags. The power of social media is real! pic.twitter.com/3lzPnef0FL
— Andy Dalton (@andydalton14) February 11, 2016
Fast forward to Monday and once again Dalton was on the lookout for his luggage. This time, he had American Airlines to blame.
I can't make this up… #bagsearch2016 is back on. @AmericanAir it's your turn to find the luggage now #unbelievable @jjdalton5
— Andy Dalton (@andydalton14) February 15, 2016
@andydalton14 We're sorry for the delay of your bag. Please follow and DM the baggage locator and we'll be happy to look into this for you.
— americanair (@AmericanAir) February 16, 2016
Fortunately for Dalton, this story also had a happy ending waiting for him. The luggage was found and was en route to being returned to the Bengals quarterback.
The bags have been found and are supposed to be getting back to us today. #bagsearch2016
— Andy Dalton (@andydalton14) February 16, 2016
Maybe Dalton should think about placing some sort of location tracker on his luggage in the future, just in case this happens again. Given the recent trend, Dalton could be in line to lose his luggage around Feb. 23. Dalton might want to consider looking into one of those staycations.
