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Your Bag’s Hidden Journey From Check-In to Plane

Checking a bag is an exercise in trust. The hope? That you will be reunited painlessly with your possessions after many labor-intensive step...
A ramp agent loads bags into a plane’s cargo hold at LaGuardia Airport in New York, Jan. 23, 2025. The number of bags that can fit depends on the type of plane and on stacking strategy, like a game of Tetris. (Graham Dickie/The New York Times)

Your Bag’s Hidden Journey From Check-In to Plane

Checking a bag is an exercise in trust. The hope? That you will be reunited painlessly with your possessions after many labor-intensive step...

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