Paxboy
One other thing the other carriers I mentioned will not stick you on a bus for along trip up the M1 and M6 after flying into LHR from wherever. That happened twice to me over the years the last time due to traffic on a Friday night the ride to Manchester took longer than the flight from Kuwait !!!
As for are there less bags lost , I don’t know, but I have not had one misplaced yet, and I am not aware of any in my company. However next month I have a just over an hour connection in Munich from inbound LH from Manchester to outbound Oman Air to Muscat, and I will have hold luggage 😧😧😧
Cheers
Mr Mac