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Tipping baggage delivery person

Oklahoma City...
1,017 posts
31 helpful votes
Tipping baggage delivery person

My checked bags didn’t make the connection on American Airlines and will (hopefully) be delivered to my home tomorrow. I live 100 miles from the airport. Is it expected to tip the person who delivers the bags to your home?

Surrey, United...
Destination Expert
for Menorca, Santo Tomas
30,134 posts
74 helpful votes
11. Re: Tipping baggage delivery person

No! No tip is necessary as they are not doing it as a favour to you - delivering it is just part of the job which they are being paid to do.

Edited: 5 years ago
12. Re: Tipping baggage delivery person

Tripadvisor staff removed this post at the original author's request.

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Oklahoma City...
1,017 posts
31 helpful votes
13. Re: Tipping baggage delivery person

I appreciate the input! I won’t give a tip since it doesn’t seem expected or appropriate in this situation.

Chicago, Illinois
9,422 posts
141 helpful votes
14. Re: Tipping baggage delivery person

Poster no 10, the “usual American” would not tip the driver who delivers their delayed luggage to their home. Just read the responses. It would be “adding insult to injury” if a traveler whose luggage was delayed were expected to tip the driver — the driver has provided a service to the airline, who engaged him, not to the traveler, who expected to receive his bags at the terminal baggage claim.

Dublin, Ireland
5,547 posts
188 helpful votes
15. Re: Tipping baggage delivery person

Wait. You tip the FedEx and UPS drivers???

Phoenix, Arizona
87,101 posts
2,803 helpful votes
16. Re: Tipping baggage delivery person

Many years ago, Eastern Airlines “lost” wife’s suitcase for a bit, between Tampa and New Orleans. Next day, I got a call, that it would be delivered, early, to our home.

I was surprised that it was hand-delivered my Frank Borman! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Borman

I invited him in for coffee.

Hunt

Chicago, Illinois
5,222 posts
9 helpful votes
17. Re: Tipping baggage delivery person

Katy, "Wait. You tip the FedEx and UPS drivers???"

NO!!!

Victoria, Canada
24,587 posts
171 helpful votes
18. Re: Tipping baggage delivery person

Nope wouldn’t occur to me to tip . Airline is fixing their mistake NOT doing me an extra favour !

Chicago, Illinois
Destination Expert
for Chicago
23,093 posts
82 helpful votes
19. Re: Tipping baggage delivery person

Who tips a Fed Ex or UPS driver? 90% of the time they've dropped the package and headed back to their truck before I can even get to the door. I absolutely would not tip an airplane baggage delivery driver. Let the airline do that.

Mornington...
16,691 posts
43 helpful votes
20. Re: Tipping baggage delivery person

Hunt, is that true?

He did sack everyone, so maybe there was no-one left for your bag delivery

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