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Yup, baggage handlers don't do it intentionally, but it's the time constraints coupled with constant tossing and stacking of an already over-packed bag that kills most of them. I try not to check a bag when possible, but when I do, it's just a plain Samsonite soft-side that is only 90% full as I know it will get crushed under other heavy bags.

When airlines started charging more for checked bags, everybody started loading them to the max limit so they didn't have to pay for additional bags, so now they average 50lbs + and yours will eventually be under a stack of 4-6 other heavy ass bags.
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Kind of what i figured... no time to be careful. Never thought about the stack of 6 bags with mine in the bottom though. It makes perfect sense.
Yep, and the heavier the pax count, the more they are stacked high and tight to cram them all in. Narrow-body flights see more abuse as they have to be loose loaded into the bellies, which means more hands-on movements from start to finish, whereas the wide-body flights use containers (still stacked inside) but less physical handling.

As for IDing my checked bag, I have a heavy duty tag with an extra zip tie for identification ... seems to do the trick.

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Yep, and the heavier the pax count, the more they are stacked high and tight to cram them all in. Narrow-body flights see more abuse as they have to be loose loaded into the bellies, which means more hands-on movements from start to finish, whereas the wide-body flights use containers (still stacked inside) but less physical handling.

As for IDing my checked bag, I have a heavy duty tag with an extra zip tie for identification ... seems to do the trick.

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That's awesome!