Man buys 100 lost suitcases from airport and returns them to their owners
Published on Aug 03, 2025 at 11:01 PM (UTC+4)
by Molly Davidson
Last updated on Aug 01, 2025 at 1:34 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Molly Davidson
Ever wondered what happens to the lost suitcases that disappear in airports? Where does that missing airport luggage go?
YouTuber WillNE did more than wonder – he went online and bought 100 of them, hoping to track down the original owners.
He had no idea what he’d find inside or if anyone would even want their stuff back.
Six months later, he’d been snubbed by neighbors and flagged on a community crime‑watch page.
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Not all lost suitcases were missed
The first few bags were nothing to brag about – old clothes, expired coupons.
One even had a hospital baby scale, which Will ended up hauling back to Hammersmith Hospital.
Then the project started going sideways.
One bag sent him on an 11-hour round trip to return it to a woman who… didn’t even want it back.
Another delivery attempt turned into neighborhood gossip after someone spotted him with a camera, knocking on doors, and posted on the local Crime Watch page calling him ‘proper creepy.’
Not every attempt was a fail, though.
A stolen Oxford Diplomatic Society item finally made its way home after months in limbo.
And a suitcase lost two years ago on the way to Tobago was reunited with its owner, full of summer dresses and sneakers she hadn’t seen since.
Perfect timing, too – she was about to head on vacation again.
Sometimes karma just takes the scenic route through an abandoned Samsonite.
How the lost airport luggage game really works
Airports don’t keep your bag forever.
After a few months, unclaimed airport luggage heads to an auction house and then to resellers, where people like Will take a gamble on mystery suitcases.
In his haul, he even found iPhones and an iPad with the same stickers used by auction houses for bulk ‘lost property’ tech – enough to make him wonder if some bags were getting staged to keep buyers interested.
After 100 suitcases, the wins were rare and the awkward encounters constant.
WillNE’s experiment turned airport leftovers into six months of detective work, door knocks, and accidental neighborhood infamy.
Lesson learned? If you don’t tag your bag, you might never see it again.
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Molly Davidson is a Junior Content Writer at Supercar Blondie. Based in Melbourne, she holds a double Bachelor’s degree in Arts/Law from Swinburne University and a Master’s of Writing and Publishing from RMIT. Molly has contributed to a range of magazines and journals, developing a strong interest in lifestyle and car news content. When she’s not writing, she’s spending quality time with her rescue English staffy, Boof.
