If you're planning to travel soon, here are nine handy tips to get your luggage to arrive first at baggage claim once you ...

Anyone have an “airport moment” where you stood in front of the scale and hoped your suitcase wouldn’t tip over the weight ...

It's quite possible, for example, that your luggage will be sorted according to its status, and may appear sooner if it's tagged as First Class, Business Class or priority-handling.

In comparison, a first class ticket — including a reserved seat, a carry-on item, and two pieces of checked luggage — cost $244.

I paid $177 for a first-class seat on a train from Paris to Barcelona. Loading my luggage, boarding the train, and arriving was an easy and mostly seamless experience.