Find lost luggage
British Airways flogs its lost luggage at auction house Greasbys in Tooting, South West London.
Viewings take place every Monday afternoon to give you a chance to have a look at the bags you might want to buy, and auctions take place every Tuesday at 10.30am.
However, it's all pot luck as you don't get to see inside a bag or suitcase before you bid. Instead you have to guess at its contents. Chances are sports-style luggage is likely to contain sports clothes or equipment while top of the range suitcases might contain some posh clobber.
Other auction rooms worth checking out include Wellers Auctioneers in Guildford which sells off lost luggage from Gatwick Airport and Hertfordshire Auctions which flogs Luton Airport's mislaid bags.
Bear in mind though that auctioneers will take very valuable items out of suitcases and sell them separately. So if you buy a suitcase hoping it will contain an iPad and £1,000 digital camera, you're likely to end up disappointed. However you can bid separately on valuables – and at least you'll know what you're getting, unlike the mystery suitcases.
If you decide to bid on suitcases bear in mind that as well as getting your hands on some decent clothes, books or toiletries, you're just as likely to take home a bag of dirty washing.
British Airways flogs its lost luggage at auction house Greasbys in Tooting, South West London.
Viewings take place every Monday afternoon to give you a chance to have a look at the bags you might want to buy, and auctions take place every Tuesday at 10.30am.
However, it's all pot luck as you don't get to see inside a bag or suitcase before you bid. Instead you have to guess at its contents. Chances are sports-style luggage is likely to contain sports clothes or equipment while top of the range suitcases might contain some posh clobber.
Other auction rooms worth checking out include Wellers Auctioneers in Guildford which sells off lost luggage from Gatwick Airport and Hertfordshire Auctions which flogs Luton Airport's mislaid bags.
Bear in mind though that auctioneers will take very valuable items out of suitcases and sell them separately. So if you buy a suitcase hoping it will contain an iPad and £1,000 digital camera, you're likely to end up disappointed. However you can bid separately on valuables – and at least you'll know what you're getting, unlike the mystery suitcases.
If you decide to bid on suitcases bear in mind that as well as getting your hands on some decent clothes, books or toiletries, you're just as likely to take home a bag of dirty washing.
