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UPDATE: Left Laptop On a Plane! (no snakes)

MichaelLCMichaelLC In what furnace was thy brain?ChicagoRegistered User regular
edited February 2009 in Help / Advice Forum
Shit. We went to NY for a few day trip and were coming back to Chicago. I didn't put my laptop back in the carry-on; just put it on the floor against the wall. The flight arrived at about 3pm, and I just thought of it like at 8pm.

I left a message with O'Hare's security, and will call them tomorrow, so is there anything else I can do? Amer Air doesn't deal with lost&found, just tells you to call the airport. I'm going to try calling Denver I'ntl tomorrow as well, as that was that flight's final stop.

It was my 4yr old Apple 12" PB with just personal files my porn!, but nothing that isn't backed up. Is she gone?


UPDATE: O'Hare called me this morning to say they had the machine! I drove over there, picked it up, and here we are. One of His Noodley Appendages must have been on that flight.

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  • ImprovoloneImprovolone Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    Might be. I've recovered a GBA (when they were still new) from being left on a plane, but we had yet to leave the airport. Flight attendants probably picked your laptop up on the between flight clean up.

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  • VisionOfClarityVisionOfClarity Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    Assuming a flight attendant found it during cleaning and is a good person you'll get it back. I hope this is how it works out!

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  • MichaelLCMichaelLC In what furnace was thy brain? ChicagoRegistered User regular
    edited February 2009
    Yeah, I'm hoping it's some business person who knows how much that would suck, or a nun or something. I'm just worried because it's in a black neoprene bag wedged against the wall so the next person might not even notice it unless they kicked it.

    Would anyone bother trying to crack my login? It's pretty clear it's a personal machine, so I assume they would just wipe & sell?

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  • Black IceBlack Ice Charlotte, NCRegistered User regular
    edited February 2009
    It's more likely that a flight attendant found it after the flight than it is that someone stole it.

    If you truly are worried it's stolen and are concerned people will see your personal files on it (credit card numbers?) then you need to take all of the necessary steps you'd take if your wallet were stolen - i.e. cancel your credit cards. But I wouldn't do that until O'Hare has called you back saying they haven't found the laptop; it does have a password on it.

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  • KlapiosKlapios Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    Flight attendants don't clean the airplanes they rest when the plane lands, because they are likely going back on the same flight in less then two hours. There is a ground crew that cleans the plane and they found it and turned it into lost and found at the place where you landed. The reason you didn't lose your laptop to a greedy employee is because its hard to smuggle a laptop off an airplane without a coworker noticing while it is much easier to pocket a wallet, ipod, gameboy, or digital camera.

    Edit: If you don't claim your stuff by the end of the year it gets auctioned off to employees at discount prices.(like 25-40 dollars for an ipod)

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