Lost and Found

Continuing the ongoing saga of the lost luggage and passport, after calls to Seattle Airport, San Francisco Airport, United Airlines in Seattle, United Airlines in San Francisco, Bellevue Police and Kirkland Police we finally got somewhere.

Nancy, from United Airlines in Seattle, gave us a call to let us know that they had found Xander's passport. It is amazing that we got this far. Pretty much every lost and found desk had a answer machine saying that they wont talk to you, so leave a message and we'll only call you if we need more information or we have found something. And please don't bother calling more than once.

The luggage story so far had been even worse. With four luggage claim checks and only one missing bag that might or might not have a luggage tag, the problem seemed beyond the ability for anyone to comprehend what needed to be looked for. So when we went down to pick up Xander's passport, we asked Nancy, who was still on duty, about our luggage. We gave her a few more details about what was inside (12 cans of baby formula), but still no hit in the United databases. She went even further and looked at the unclaimed luggage in San Francisco and found a possible match under a different name, David.

Ding! We realised that without the luggage tag, they had used the name tag on the bag, which still must have had Pearl's dad's name on it. The description on the contents matched perfectly. So Pearl was practically jumping up and down clapping her hands like a Japanese school girl in some cartoon.

Today was a big relief to everyone. After all the running around trying to organise police reports, getting passport photos and worrying about getting a replacement visa for Xander, we are all feeling that weight come off our shoulders.

In the future, I will promise to be more careful....