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CNN - American Morning, February 21, 2006
           
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ANDY SERWER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Now I want to talk about luggage a little bit. You know taking luggage on the plane has never been more of a hassle. Of course, with security since 9/11, it's heavy, you've got to worry about it. There's a new bunch of businesses springing up and doing remarkably well that will take care of all of your business and your luggage and it's just amazing stuff.

SOLEDAD O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: We did a story yesterday. We said 10,000 bags a day are lost.

MARCIANO: A day they lose.

SERWER: Right. Three and a half million pieces last year. Something like that.

O'BRIEN: Oh, man. So tell us about this Luggage Forward.

SERWER: Well, this is -- there's a couple of them. One's called Luggage Forward, for instance. There's a story in the "USA Today" you can check out. And the way this one works is, they basically come to your house, grab your bags. You never see them again until they're in your hotel room. I mean how sweet is that? Of course, very expensive. Hundreds of dollars. But round trip it would cost you hundreds of dollars to do a golf bag and a couple heavy suitcases.

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