re: Lost baggage

keep all receipts since you will have to submit along with your claim once you return. Delta mentions 50 bucks per day in their literature but they will reimburse far beyond that if the charges are reasonable and necessary. The claim submission is a PITA. My bags didn't make the connection in ATL on the way to Key West recently and the trip was for a long weekend. Bags finally arrived about 12 hours before our departure back home. They paid for everything.....clothes, underwear, socks, sandals, makeup etc. We chose not to carry anything on with us (was the first time we had done that and paid for it). Upon submission, Delta immediately approved it (within hours) and the check arrived within a few days.