Three reasons why U.S. airlines are not losing your luggage as often

There are few quicker ways to ruin a vacation than for your luggage to end up in a different city than you are. Through a combination of new technologies that allow bags to be tracked in nearly real-time and a renewed focus on the basics of handling luggage, airlines last year reported the lowest rate of mishandled bags — those lost, damaged or delayed — since the Department of Transportation began keeping track in 1987. Delta Air Lines made headlines last year when it was the first U.S. carrier to roll out radio frequency identification, or RFID, technology for bag tracking at airports around the country.