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Baggage Assistance

Delayed baggage

In case we are not able to deliver your baggage on arrival, please report to the Lost&Found office before leaving the airport where you will receive the necessary assistance. A P.I.R. (Property Irregularity Report) will be issued and you will receive a copy along with a first necessity kit in case you are not resident at the point of arrival.

You can check the status of your baggage research in the Baggage tracking section.

If no update on the tracing of your luggage has been provided to you within 2 days following the issue of the P.I.R. (Property Irregular Report), in order to make a more exhaustive search, please send a detailed list of contents of each piece of missing luggage (using the form handed over to you at the arrival airport or downloadable here) to the following address:

Fax:  +39 06 6543 3114 

Email: bif@alitalia.it

We remind you that the addresses above are only intended to serve the aforementioned purpose. No response will be provided to other requests.

If your baggage is not found within 45 days, it will be considered lost and you will be entitled to a reimbursement.

If you sustained any baggage related expenses , please complete the form which must be received within 21 days from the date of delivery of your baggage. Please include any useful information along with the following documentation: 

  • The Baggage irregularity Report (P.I.R:) received upon arrival;

  • Your plane ticket receipt and/or boarding pass;

  • The checked luggage receipt;

  • Receipt for payment of excess baggage (if any);

  • The expenses incurred due to delayed delivery.

Customers resident in USA and Mexico must send all documentation to via one of the following methods:
 
Fax:  212 903 3568
 
Email: customer.relationsnyc@alitalia.it

Mail: Alitalia Customer Relations Department
        51 Madison Avenue, Suite 2000

        New York, NY 10010


Customers resident in other countries:
Alitalia Customer Relations Department

List of contacts available on
http://www.alitalia.com/US_EN/Fly/Offices/OfficesSearch.aspx

Mishandled Baggage 

(procedure for residents in Italy)
If your baggage is damaged, Alitalia will compensate you on your arrival at the airport, according to the type of damage, in one of the following ways:

  • a coupon that can be used for purchasing tickets for future travel on Alitalia flights

  • a new suitcase with the same features as the one that was damaged, selected from a Bric’s catalogue, a leading Italian company in the luggage sector.

If you prefer a different solution, please fill the form and send us within 7 days from your date of travel any useful information along with the following documentation:

  • P.I.R. (Property Irregularity report)

  • Baggage tag

  • Ticket receipt and/or boarding pass

  • Original detailed estimate of repairs

  • Statement of non-repairability issued by an official luggage repair shop

  • Commercial value of the non-repairable baggage

If you are resident abroad, please check the relevant Alitalia Baggage Customer Relations Office section. Our officers will contact you at the address/number you provided in your communication.

Lost baggage

If anything is missing from your baggage, the Lost & Found officer will provide you with a copy of the Property Irregularity Report (P.I.R.).
Please fill the form and send us, within 7 days from delivery of your baggage, any useful information along with the following documentation:

  • P.I.R. (Property Irregularity report)
  • Baggage tag
  • Ticket receipt and/or boarding pass
  • Proof of damage

If you prefer, you may send averything by fax: to 199-125623 (from Italy only).
  
If you are resident abroad, please check the relevant Alitalia Baggage Customer Relations Office section. Our officers will contact you at the address/number you provided in your communication.

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