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VIDEO : The Secret Life of Checked Luggage


I firmly believe that when it comes to backpacking travel, you should only pack way below the carry on limit and never check luggage. But this isn’t always possible if your traveling with extensive gear for photography or heavy trekking. This video shows the behind-the-scenes travel of a checked bag as it makes its flight from Atlanta to New York. A side of travel very few have witnessed first hand.


The video is very high quality filmed by a custom made luggage case with 6 cameras on varying angles, almost too good. What I mean is that its not all that candid as its produced by Delta Airlines flying on a Delta flight. It also seems like the people who handles the camera luggage knows what it really is as if they were told to be extra gentle by their superiors. But in any case, it is an interesting clip that will give you a unique perspective on travel.

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17 Comments

  • Nice bg music… Someone should do one where its completely secret though so the staff doesnt act differently and so we can see how checked bags are really treated.

  • Peter - HostelsClub Says

    wow, what an interesting concept. It’s like being on a roller-coaster

  • Bull Goose Loony Says

    Hey you guys,

    Im laura, 16, Exchange Student from Switzerland. Infact Ill fly home tomorrow and I need to know if I have to pay extra to carry my violin on (I already have one baggage that Im planning on carry-on.) Ill fly with Delta Airlines (Pasco-Salt Lake City-Atlanta)
    I’m doing the only check-in right now and I need to know :S
    Can anybody help me please??

    Have nice day

  • Oliver Rivera Says

    In a question, someone answered that if we were able to travel the speed of light, then we could somehow achieve time travel. How would this happen?

    Also, how could we make time travel possible? Is there some formula to it? I think time travel is a really awesome concept, and I want to learn more about it.

  • Georgia Writer Says

    American Air carriers filed personal bankruptcy lately and today Delta really wants to really purchase it.

    Delta already bought Northwest air carriers and today delta may be the top air carriers available. If the government be considered a little concerned about this plan of action of delta?

  • Lauren Marie Says

    Hello everybody, I simply wanna be aware of baggage allowance for Delta travelling from JFK to SFO.

    I’ll be travelling in the Middle East via Saudi Air carriers then the following day I’ll be travelling via Delta to SFO,it isn’t a hooking up flight because I bought another ticket for Delta. Could it be true that they’ll charge me for every bag? Just how much it’ll cost you basically excess?

    Thanks greatly for the solutions.

  • munkimatt Says

    On Delta air carriers flight from ghana towards the U.S(JFK),what are the foods offered in the economy class?The number of occasions will they serve?How’s the overall entertainment like,how comfortable is plane?What are the foods offered aboard?

  • Hunter Says

    On Delta air carriers flight from ghana towards the U.S(JFK),what are the foods offered in the economy class?The number of occasions will they serve?How’s the overall entertainment like,how comfortable is plane?What are the foods offered aboard?

  • Ashley NiyKole Says

    I am travelling from London to Miami by 50 percent days.

    On reading through on the Delta Air carriers website I am not 100% certain whether it’s liberated to have two bits of hold baggage or maybe it is simply one that is free.

    Whether it’s only the one just how much would the 2nd piece be and it is the charge due on arrival and departure.

  • Michelle Alejandra Says

    I’m carrying out a research paper about Delta air carriers and that i only agreed to be curious exactly what do you consider the organization. What is the very first factor that involves the mind whenever you hear somebody speaking about Delta?I do not need any sort of info. I simply need your opinion

    Thanks

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  • Anne Felton Says

    Hello everybody, I simply wanna be aware of baggage allowance for Delta travelling from JFK to SFO.

    I’ll be travelling in the Middle East via Saudi Air carriers then the following day I’ll be travelling via Delta to SFO,it isn’t a hooking up flight since i bought another ticket for Delta. Could it be true that they’ll charge me for every bag? Just how much it’ll cost you basically excess?

    Thanks greatly for the solutions.

  • Marcie Carew Says

    I always wondered what the hell goes on with my poor backpack while traveling through the underbelly of airports.

  • Anne Felton Says

    I’ve the apple iphone 4 that has plane mode onto it, and that i was planning for doing things on the flight. However, my father explained they may make everybody turn their cell phones off completely. Please perfect solution for those who have flown inside a Delta Air carriers plane. Thanks :)

  • Melissa Nason Says

    Hey everyone,

    Im laura, 16, Exchange Student from Europe. In reality Ill fly home tomorrow and I have to determine if I must pay extra to hold my violin on (I curently have one baggage that Im thinking about carry-on.) Ill fly with Delta Air carriers (Pasco-Salt Lake City-Atlanta)

    I am doing the only real check-in at this time and I have to know :S

    Can anybody assist me to please??

    Have nice day

  • Deborah Holliday Says

    On Delta air carriers flight from ghana towards the U.S(JFK),what are the foods offered in the economy class?The number of occasions will they serve?How’s the overall entertainment like,how comfortable is that this plane?What are the foods offered aboard?

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