Odds are…
…roughly one in ten thousand that someone on my flight from DC to Buenos Aires would have the EXACT same duffel-style roller bag from REI as me (it’s the “Tech Beast” model). Of course these odds are estimated, but maybe it’s even less likely than that.
To make this brief, someone (Wilson Ramos) had taken my bag by mistake and left his on the carousel. Aside from the Luftansa tag, our bags were identical - right down to the same Victorinox zipper lock. Unbelievable. The claims agent spoke very good English so I got things in motion for recovering my bag and I had it within a day.
This is why I pack one change of clothes in my carry on.
