--- title: "Bags and lost property · MIA Airport Guide" description: "Every MIA guide on bags and lost property: 5 guides, each answering one question. They include delayed or lost baggage at Miami International." url: "https://miaairportguide.com/guides/bags-and-lost-property/" updated: "2026-10-21" airport: "MIA" type: "guide" --- > Independent guide, not the official MIA website. All pages: https://miaairportguide.com/llms.txt # Bags and lost property Every MIA guide on bags and lost property: 5 guides, each answering one question. They include delayed or lost baggage at Miami International. Updated October 21, 2026 Keeping track of what you carry through MIA: leaving a bag between flights, protecting it before check-in, oversized sports equipment, and what to do when a bag does not arrive or you leave something behind. Each guide says who to contact and where, as the airport and airlines publish it. ![A single suitcase on an empty baggage carousel](https://miaairportguide.com/images/mia/a-single-unclaimed-suitcase-t-v3-800.webp) [Delayed or lost baggage at Miami International](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/delayed-or-lost-baggage-at-miami-international/) Your bag didn't come off the carousel at MIA? Where each airline's baggage office is, what to file before you leave, and the deadlines that decide your claim. - [Find your airline’s baggage office](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/delayed-or-lost-baggage-at-miami-international/#find-your-airlines-baggage-office) - [What to file, and when](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/delayed-or-lost-baggage-at-miami-international/#what-to-file-and-when) - [What happens next](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/delayed-or-lost-baggage-at-miami-international/#what-happens-next) - [Damaged bag](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/delayed-or-lost-baggage-at-miami-international/#damaged-bag) - [Lost something else](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/delayed-or-lost-baggage-at-miami-international/#lost-something-else) ![Tagged suitcases on metal shelves in the baggage storage room at Miami International Airport](https://miaairportguide.com/images/mia/a-row-of-tagged-t-v3-800.webp) [Left luggage at Miami airport](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/left-luggage-at-miami-airport/) MIA's baggage storage is run by Communitel in Terminal E and Terminal H, before security. Daily rates by bag size, hours, and what to bring. - [Daily rates by bag size](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/left-luggage-at-miami-airport/#daily-rates-by-bag-size) - [Where the two counters are](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/left-luggage-at-miami-airport/#where-the-two-counters-are) - [Opening hours: check before you rely on a late pickup](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/left-luggage-at-miami-airport/#opening-hours-check-before-you-rely-on-a-late-pickup) - [What to bring](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/left-luggage-at-miami-airport/#what-to-bring) - [If you’re on a layover or between a flight and a cruise](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/left-luggage-at-miami-airport/#if-youre-on-a-layover-or-between-a-flight-and-a-cruise) - [Other places to leave a bag](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/left-luggage-at-miami-airport/#other-places-to-leave-a-bag) - [If a bag is lost rather than stored](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/left-luggage-at-miami-airport/#if-a-bag-is-lost-rather-than-stored) ![A phone and sunglasses left on an empty gate seat](https://miaairportguide.com/images/mia/a-forgotten-phone-and-t-v3-800.webp) [Lost something at MIA: how to get it back](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/lost-something-at-mia-how-get-it-back/) Airport, airline, TSA, rental car or taxi: where your lost item goes at Miami airport, how to report it, how long it's kept and what you need to collect it. - [Find the right desk first](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/lost-something-at-mia-how-get-it-back/#find-the-right-desk-first) - [Report it to MIA](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/lost-something-at-mia-how-get-it-back/#report-it-to-mia) - [Left it at security](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/lost-something-at-mia-how-get-it-back/#left-it-at-security) - [Left it on the plane](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/lost-something-at-mia-how-get-it-back/#left-it-on-the-plane) - [Collect it](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/lost-something-at-mia-how-get-it-back/#collect-it) - [Lost it on the way to or from the airport](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/lost-something-at-mia-how-get-it-back/#lost-it-on-the-way-to-or-from-the-airport) ![A golf travel case and a surfboard bag on a baggage cart in a check-in hall](https://miaairportguide.com/images/mia/a-padded-surfboard-bag-t-v3-800.webp) [Oversized and sports equipment at Miami airport](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/oversized-sports-equipment-at-miami-airport/) Checking and collecting oversized and sports equipment at MIA: airline rules, where to ask when it's not on the carousel, storage for big items, and parking and taxis that fit. - [What American allows](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/oversized-sports-equipment-at-miami-airport/#what-american-allows) - [Checking it in at MIA](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/oversized-sports-equipment-at-miami-airport/#checking-it-in-at-mia) - [Collecting it when you land](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/oversized-sports-equipment-at-miami-airport/#collecting-it-when-you-land) - [Leaving big items at the airport](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/oversized-sports-equipment-at-miami-airport/#leaving-big-items-at-the-airport) - [Getting it to and from the airport](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/oversized-sports-equipment-at-miami-airport/#getting-it-to-and-from-the-airport) ![A suitcase wrapped in film on a bag-wrap turntable](https://miaairportguide.com/images/mia/a-suitcase-tightly-wrapped-t-v3-800.webp) [Wrapping and protecting bags at MIA](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/wrapping-protecting-bags-at-mia/) MIA has baggage wrapping stations on the 2nd level, before security. Why the on-site wrap matters if TSA opens your bag, and other ways to protect a checked case. - [Wrapping a bag at MIA](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/wrapping-protecting-bags-at-mia/#wrapping-a-bag-at-mia) - [Other ways to protect a checked bag](https://miaairportguide.com/guides/wrapping-protecting-bags-at-mia/#other-ways-to-protect-a-checked-bag)