Be reasonable with luggage:

• Don’t buy cheap crap that will not last.
• Don’t buy designer luggage unless you fly private, it makes you look like an idiot when you pick that (likely fake) LV suitcase off the carousel next to the duct taped box of belongings of an immigrating family.

I like Delsey luggage for suitcases that have to be checked. The price is reasonable and the durability is most definitely there. Alternatively you can buy Tumi. The Tumi ass sits firmly on both the best in business travel quality and chic design chairs. A really fantastic catchall brand… probably the only luggage brand I know off that is actually worth the price. My Tumi messenger bag lasted 3 years of college abuse (books, laptops, booze, drugs, dead hookers, etc), countless trips abroad (booze, drugs, dead hookers), and is surviving well as an everyday work bag (ninja outfit, sword, shruken, climbing gear, nunchucks, dead hookers).