The International Air Transport Association (IATA) stipulates that airlines must spend 100 days trying to reunite lost bags with their owners before selling them off.

British Airways, the sole carrier operating at Heathrow's Terminal 5, still has some weeks before it can start selling off lost bags and, in any case, says it has reunited most of the lost bags with their owners.

But it does often send lost bags to auction houses and, a spokesperson said, donates money earned from the sales to charity.


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