Suitcases have a max 2 trip usage limit!

What a weird thread.

Yes - I got mine from Matalan, hard-bodied, called "it" and they've been on multiple flights and wheeled about by me, and I am incredibly clumsy!

Also M&S.

Don't think we have done quite as many flights as you, but several long haul flights with the big cases and lots of long European train journeys with the small ones. Still in perfect working order.

That’s weird, I’ve had the same suitcase for about 20 years 🙈😂 in fact I’ve just caved to my daughter telling me she needs a new one!

I’ve ordered a couple of new ones on Amazon, they’ve got food reviews etc and look sturdy so will see if they hold up for the next 20 years.

My parents bought me a set of pink suitcases for my 18th birthday which have been in constant use for the last twenty years. There are two big cases and two smaller pull along ones. My husband and I go on holiday a couple of times a year and so they get plenty of use and are still in good condition. My husband is happy to use a bright pink case as it makes them easy to spot at baggage reclaim!

I fairly recently retired the Antler suitcases I bought over 25 years ago, mostly because I travel with the absolute minimum in one cabin bag now. They were a bit dated and worn, but perfectly usable.

Me too. My best used case has just two integrated wheels. Less 'spinny' than the four external wheel cases, but solid and no worries of it appearing on the luggage carousel minus a wheel.

The only suitcase I broke was the one I overfilled with magazines and half a Christmas cake, then dragged a couple of miles to the train station. The wheels collapsed but it was my fault.

We have the IT and Tripp suitcases so not an expensive brand, they have lasted multiple trips each year for years.

My Tripp one has done several flights without any issue but my Dunelm one did one flight and cracked so I asked for a refund which they gave me. I expect cheap stuff to break sooner but one flight was ridiculous. The other smaller Dunelm suitcase was fine so not sure if mine was flawed to begin with.

I have just picked one up half price with dunelm so will see what that's like. Wanted it for the kids. Our others have lasted years.

We have IT, Tripp and samsonite. We do long haul to Asia once a year, a couple of trips in Europe and in UK during the year. Our cases are 15 years old. No issues at all. I don’t buy hard cases all are soft.

Are you buying suitcases from Temu or something? Our suitcases are from Antler, 25 years old, several trips every year and practically good as new.

Are you using hard shell? We have a combination of samsonite and tripp which have done loads of trips over the years. But they are all soft shell and ive always felt that it has a bit more give if the airlines are chucking them about. I just keep anything breakable in my hand luggage / backpack.

I have finally retired a suitcase I got from Woolworths 19 years ago. Actually I got a pair and its companion is still going strong.

There must also be something you're doing to result in this though such as over packing them as otherwise everyone else would have broken suitcases. It seems statistically unlikely that it's just the airline that is causing them to break.

If they are being destroyed by baggage handlers at the airport (not the airline) hope you are claiming for them.

I have only had one suitcase ruined, that was handlers at Schiphol, they taped around the case with parcel tape over the zips which had split, which meant the glue stuck to the zips could not be opened, the case was about 3 weeks old, got a full refund from KLM as I had all the receipts from buying the case in Sweden.

Interestingly, our charity shop had an Aerolite large cabin bag like the one we have on sale for £5.99 yesterday.

me too, always had an IT suitcase and never had a problem. Usually bought with a voucher from Matalan.

What?

I have broken exactly 1 suitcase in my life, and it was second hand to begin with and I used it loads before it broke. Eventually the wheels snapped while transporting a very heavy load of sound equipment that it wasn't designed to carry (not just clothes for a holiday etc...).

My main one has a pattern on it that is a bit scuffed up from many holidays but perfectly usable just not 'brand new' looking.

Mine are at least 10 to 15 years old and still work fine.

My (cheap) suitcase is 14years old and has really been abused. Its zip is starting to look a bit questionable so everything gets packed into a carrier bag in it now in case of emergency.

Do you pack them properly?

Yes! Mine is still going strong since I bought it in 1997. An airport handler recently admired it, winked at me, and said "Ahh, Samsonite" with a big thumbs-up 🤣

Only ever had one suitcase break and I must have taken hundreds of flights over the past forty years.

This. My suitcase has built in wheels. I have had it for over 20 years now. Used 2 or 3 times each year.