Hi,
I have two questions regarding mishandled/lost bag:
My trip consisted of two legs by two different airlines, say a1 and a2.
My bags were lost.
Airline a2 claims that they never received the bag from airline a1 at
the change point.  Airline a1 can not locate the bags in it system.
a2 is an emerging market national carrier and i think i will have hard
time getting any money from them.  So I want to file claim against a1.
How can I do that?  
Also, my luggage was worth more than $1200, the limit set by IATA. 
Can I claim amount higher than that?
Can I instead go to the small claims court?  What are the chances of
it getting resolved in the small claims court?
Thanks!

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Request for Question Clarification by tutuzdad-ga on 04 Sep 2006 16:44 PDT

Rather than try to condense this article into a formatted answer and
risk losing or mistating some of it's very important information, I'd
like to simply refer you to this informative article as an answer.
Please examine this information and let me know if you will allow me
to answer by supplying you with this source. It covers "small claims"
actions, Domestic maximum liability, International maximum liability,
When to Expect Payment and much more. I think this will answer your
questions nicely.

THE TRAVEL INSIDER
'Your Rights if Your Bags are Lost'
http://www.thetravelinsider.info/travelaccessories/lostbaggagerights.htm

Regards;
tutuzdad-ga

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Clarification of Question by wg06ajax-ga on 08 Sep 2006 19:57 PDT

Hi there!
Thanks for your input.  The link you provided still does not answer
critical part of my question.. how do I claim from airlines A (my
travel involved two legs, first on airlines A and second on airlines
B)?  airlines B is in different country and is refusing to even take
my claim.
Thanks!