Scoot Airlines Lost My Luggage

Jackie M
8 min readOct 20, 2022

Today marks the 10th day since my luggage went missing courtesy of Scoot Airlines; here’s how things have played out for me so far.

Day One

We fly from Kuala Lumpur to Sydney via Scoot Airlines, with a 4-hour transit in Singapore. We arrive overnight only to find one of our pieces of check-in luggage is missing.

Now, the last time I lost luggage at Sydney Airport (flying Qantas or Virgin), it was delivered to my doorstep within less than a day, so I’m not particularly distressed or worried.

I file a report at the airport counter, where they take down my flight details, email address and phone number. They look up my tag number in their system and tell me they have managed to trace the bag.

It’s still in Singapore, and they will organise for it to be sent back on the next available flight. Yay!

They fill out a simple form and tell me -

  1. I should hear back that afternoon, and
  2. to expect to get my bag back within 24–48 hours

In the event the bag does not show up within 7 days, they say, I can fill out the baggage claim questionnaire on the back and send it off to scootclaims@ctplc.com to claim for compensation.

Contrary to what I’m told, I don’t hear back that afternoon.

Day Two

I receive a text message more than 24 hours later, telling me the same thing the guy over the counter at…

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Jackie M
Jackie M

Written by Jackie M

Cook, TV presenter, food coach, Down Syndrome advocate, pot-stirrer extraordinaire https://JackieM.com.au | https://BabyNoah.com.au | https://MalaysianChefs.com

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