Bags and lost property

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.

• 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
  • What to file, and when
  • What happens next
  • Damaged bag
  • Lost something else
• 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
  • Where the two counters are
  • Opening hours: check before you rely on a late pickup
  • What to bring
  • If you’re on a layover or between a flight and a cruise
  • Other places to leave a bag
  • If a bag is lost rather than stored
• Lost something at MIA: how to 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
  • Report it to MIA
  • Left it at security
  • Left it on the plane
  • Collect it
  • Lost it on the way to or from the airport
• Oversized and 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
  • Checking it in at MIA
  • Collecting it when you land
  • Leaving big items at the airport
  • Getting it to and from the airport
• Wrapping and 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
  • Other ways to protect a checked bag