What happens lost luggage in Dublin Airport?

18MonthsaSlave

I was watching a programme on the TV today about lost and found luggage in Frankfurt Airport.
It gets auctioned.
They auction all sorts of things including tables, cameras, phones, etc...
The auction was interesting in that you bid on the lost and found suitcases like lucky bags with no idea what is in them.
One young woman needed a big suitcase so she bid 160 euro for a big suitcase. When she opened it up on TV she found young man's clothing and a roll of (unused) condoms fell out.

The auctions are detailed here http://www.wendt-auktion.de/

Obviously, Dublin isn't as big a transfer airport as Frankfurt but there must be tonnes upon tonnes of lost and found in the airport or has it been spirited away.

FYI I know a local charity shop is paid 400 euro per tonne of secondhand clothing. 4euro per 10kilo

Jamie2k9

18MonthsaSlave wrote: »

I was watching a programme on the TV today about lost and found luggage in Frankfurt Airport.
It gets auctioned.
They auction all sorts of things including tables, cameras, phones, etc...
The auction was interesting in that you bid on the lost and found suitcases like lucky bags with no idea what is in them.
One young woman needed a big suitcase so she bid 160 euro for a big suitcase. When she opened it up on TV she found young man's clothing and a roll of (unused) condoms fell out.

The auctions are detailed here http://www.wendt-auktion.de/

Obviously, Dublin isn't as big a transfer airport as Frankfurt but there must be tonnes upon tonnes of lost and found in the airport or has it been spirited away.

FYI I know a local charity shop is paid 400 euro per tonne of secondhand clothing. 4euro per 10kilo

Checked baggage and anything lost on aircraft is held by handles/airlines. Anything else within the airport is held by police and a €6 charge per item to retrieve.

You can view items online that DUB have handed in/found and it's only kept for 90 days.

billie1b

18MonthsaSlave wrote: »

I was watching a programme on the TV today about lost and found luggage in Frankfurt Airport.
It gets auctioned.
They auction all sorts of things including tables, cameras, phones, etc...
The auction was interesting in that you bid on the lost and found suitcases like lucky bags with no idea what is in them.
One young woman needed a big suitcase so she bid 160 euro for a big suitcase. When she opened it up on TV she found young man's clothing and a roll of (unused) condoms fell out.

The auctions are detailed here http://www.wendt-auktion.de/

Obviously, Dublin isn't as big a transfer airport as Frankfurt but there must be tonnes upon tonnes of lost and found in the airport or has it been spirited away.

FYI I know a local charity shop is paid 400 euro per tonne of secondhand clothing. 4euro per 10kilo

Ryanair auction off the lost luggage that hasn't been claimed after 90 days for charity

IrishB.ie

Where are these auctions held? Are they advertised before hand?

billie1b

I believe its held in private, its only charity groups that are invited, the DAA organise it with all the airlines and hold them every few months

arubex

billie1b wrote: »

Ryanair auction off the lost luggage that hasn't been claimed after 90 days for charity

90 days is fairly generous; some UK police forces sell items after 28!

The other category of items from which airports can profit are those 'voluntarily surrendered' at security. There is, as far as I have determined, no way to reclaim these items and they are sold, donated or dumped.


Edit: just reading about this online, some frequent flyers carry a pre-addressed Jiffy bag which they can use to post-home any items that security wants to confiscate. Clever idea if you have enough time ( and a postbox at the airport ).

L1011

billie1b wrote: »

I believe its held in private, its only charity groups that are invited, the DAA organise it with all the airlines and hold them every few months

The funds go to charity, they're not sold to charities.

It definitely used to be open to the public but I can find a reference to the 2013 auction being open to "all airport staff" and no mention of the general public.

Anything with memory cards is given to Camara and the rest flogged and the money given to the designated charity that year according to a Journal article (so not guaranteed to be that accurate - http://www.thejournal.ie/dublin-airport-lost-property-677225-Nov2012/)

elastico

arubex wrote: »

90 days is fairly generous; some UK police forces sell items after 28!

The other category of items from which airports can profit are those 'voluntarily surrendered' at security. There is, as far as I have determined, no way to reclaim these items and they are sold, donated or dumped.


Edit: just reading about this online, some frequent flyers carry a pre-addressed Jiffy bag which they can use to post-home any items that security wants to confiscate. Clever idea if you have enough time ( and a postbox at the airport ).

You would imagine a frequent flyer would have figured out long ago what gets stopped and what doesn't.

elastico

elastico wrote: »

You would imagine a frequent flyer would have figured out long ago what gets stopped and what doesn't.

It's not rocket science either, still amazes me the number of passengers who don't take off jewellery and belts etc.