Good evening fellow madjackers!
Today, after a horrendous day of flying and 4.5 hours of layovers in LaGuardia, I got home and opened my bag I checked. Inside was a slip of paper that said my bag had been picked to be screened by the NSA. Now usually I carry on my laptop, but for various reasons I checked it. I have a specific case for traveling that I've had for years and it completely protects the computer.
So back to when I got home. Open my bag, see the slip that the NSA inspected my bag. Find the laptop, take it out of its case, open it...and the screen is cracked in pieces. I know for a FACT it had to have been broken by the NSA during inspection. Ie...somebody had to have dropped it when they turned it on during inspection. There is no way that damage is possible with my case. Anyways, here I sit with my shattered 3500$ IBM Thinkpad (on my in-laws now).
What are my chances of getting any compensation? Who should I go through...American or the NSA? Right now I'm fawking furious, more at myself for checking it but also at the airlines because I know they broke it. My mother in law works for American and she will try her best.
Have any of you ever experienced anything like this?
Today, after a horrendous day of flying and 4.5 hours of layovers in LaGuardia, I got home and opened my bag I checked. Inside was a slip of paper that said my bag had been picked to be screened by the NSA. Now usually I carry on my laptop, but for various reasons I checked it. I have a specific case for traveling that I've had for years and it completely protects the computer.
So back to when I got home. Open my bag, see the slip that the NSA inspected my bag. Find the laptop, take it out of its case, open it...and the screen is cracked in pieces. I know for a FACT it had to have been broken by the NSA during inspection. Ie...somebody had to have dropped it when they turned it on during inspection. There is no way that damage is possible with my case. Anyways, here I sit with my shattered 3500$ IBM Thinkpad (on my in-laws now).
What are my chances of getting any compensation? Who should I go through...American or the NSA? Right now I'm fawking furious, more at myself for checking it but also at the airlines because I know they broke it. My mother in law works for American and she will try her best.
Have any of you ever experienced anything like this?