Date of this letter

 

Your Name

Your Address

Town/City

County

Postcode/ZIP

 

 

Name of Airline

Address of Airline

Town/City

County

Postcode/ZIP

 

 

 

 

 

Dear Sirs,

 

Re:  Flight No: (the number of the flight), Date: (the date of the flight), From: (Your place of departure, for example, London Heathrow), To: (your place of arrival, for example, New York JFK).

 

On arrival at (name of your arrival airport), I discovered that my luggage was missing and I informed your ground staff of this, they completed a PIR and gave me a copy. 

 

To date, I have heard nothing from you to say that you have found my luggage.  As it is now (number of days since your flight, make sure this is 21 days or over) since my flight and my luggage has not been located, I am writing to formally request that you compensate me for the loss of my luggage,  including associated costs, without further delay. 

 

I invoke this right pursuant to Article 17.3 of the Montreal Convention and although I have mentioned this in previous correspondence, I remind you once again that I declared the total value of my luggage to be (the amount you declared your luggage to be valued at, for example, £12,000 – only use this sentence if you declared the total value of your luggage during check in) when I checked in at (name of your departure airport).

 

Please find attached, a full inventory listing each item contained within my lost luggage and it’s replacement cost, together with receipts, or in the case of gifts, witness statements.  You will also find attached, a list of associated expenses.

 

I expect to receive a cheque in the full amount of my lost luggage and associated expenses within 14 days, failing which, I will have no alternative but to issue legal proceedings against (name of airline).  I do however hope that such action will not be necessary and that this matter can be amicably resolved.

 

Yours Sincerely.

 

 

 

 

(Your Name)