HELP! Left cmaera on plane

[hinodis]

The last place we saw our camera, DH took a picture on the plane ride home. We had one carry on and he thought he put it back in the bag. When we got home I went to get the camera to download our pictures and it was not in the bag. It could only be on the plane!! I have called Spirit several times and they are NO help. What can I do to get my camera back??? It has three days worth of WDW pictures I have not downloaded. I am sick about it. HELP!!

 

[Endeavour105]

The last place we saw our camera, DH took a picture on the plane ride home. We had one carry on and he thought he put it back in the bag. When we got home I went to get the camera to download our pictures and it was not in the bag. It could only be on the plane!! I have called Spirit several times and they are NO help. What can I do to get my camera back??? It has three days worth of WDW pictures I have not downloaded. I am sick about it. HELP!!

Continue to 'hound' Spirit...it may take some time for your camera to get through their system to their Lost & Found...that is, if an honest Spirit employee turned it in or it hasn't been scoffed up by someone in the system or by another passenger.

Good luck...but, realistically, it's most likely it's 'bye-bye'...

 

[CarolA]

Unfortunately it's probably gone.

Most airplane cleaning is done by a contract crew at whatever airport. In other words those aren't even Sprit employees who cleaned the plane, found the camera etc.....

If the TSA and/or baggage handlers would steal from your suitcase I wouldn't hold out a lot of hope for the airplane cleaners!

 

[blessedby3]

I feel so bad for you. I'm hoping that someone honest will turn it in and you will get it back. We left our brand new camera in the WL snack court and luckily a CM turned it in. I was in full shaking panic when I realized it. 600 pictures from Disney were on it and my DD's new camera was also in the case with all her pictures on it. I was so thankful for the CM that was honest and turned it in, but unfortunately most people are not that honest. Pixie Dust to you

 

[Jillpie]

Did you have any i.d. on it, your name, address and phone #? That would help some. This is why nobody touches my camera, nobody when it comes to our trips. Hey, at least it wasn't your whole week's worth of pics, right? Good luck, I hope you get it back.

 

[canwegosoon]

Did he put it in a jacket pocket or another article of clothing? But if he jammed it in the seat pocket it is gone. Sorry, I know I lost a few days of pics on a 1G SD card I lost at AK so I know how you feel....

 

[Oh Kay!]

I am sorry. We left our camera on JetBlue coming home, and in spite of all our efforts, we never recovered it. If not for the Photopass, we would have no pictures of our youngest son's first trip.

 

[JanB]

Slightly off-topic --- but maybe a bit encouraging ---

On our first-ever trip to Europe about 17 years ago, we (actually my husband) left our camera on the train (the German Rail). About 15 seconds after we stepped off of the train, we realized we didn't have the camera -- but the train was gone. This was on a Sunday afternoon, and we were travelling to small towns -- no stores open to purchase much of anything, much less a camera. We were going to see Neuschwanstein -- the "Sleeping Beauty" castle. Well, we just had to be content with just purchasing some postcards from the gift shop. We went ahead and bought a new camera the next day when we were in a town large enough to have a store.

When we returned home to the USA, I was very pessimistic, but my husband decided to write a letter to the German Rail corporate office. Fortunately, my husband had recorded all of the pertinent information about the camera, including the serial number. We waited quite a while --- It was probably a month later when we heard from the German Rail. They had our camera! They told us how much money to send for shipping it to us, so we did.

When we got the camera, we had the pictures developed (35mm camera -- before everyone had gone digital). Not only did we have pictures that we had taken --- but we also had some very nice pictures of the train attendants from the day that we left the camera. They took pictures of each other before turning the camera in to their Lost and Found. Even though we didn't take pics of the castle, those pics of the attendants are a great memory from that trip.

We were lucky to get our camera back. Chances were probably NOT in our favor.

Since that trip:
(1) We are always sure to record serial numbers for everything that we purchase.
(2) We are always sure to label contact information on everything that we purchase --- cameras, ipods, cell phones, etc.