Lufthansa bans AirTags in checked luggage
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Lufthansa bans AirTags in checked luggage
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Re: Lufthansa bans AirTags in checked luggage
#2Huh. I don't check luggage much and, at least with United, their checked baggage app tracking system seems pretty good. But I've been tossing in an AirTag on the few occasions I've checked luggage in the past year or so and it seems to work pretty well as a backup tracker.
Re: Lufthansa bans AirTags in checked luggage
#3We just bought our first AirTag specifically for this reason.
Re: Lufthansa bans AirTags in checked luggage
#4Good luck enforcing this ban. How would they? Open up suspect bags and tear them apart looking for a device the size of a quarter?
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#5I would say the push for this is motivated by their crappy customer service.
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#6There could be non-cynical motives for airlines not to want customers to be able to track their baggage. Getting weird enquiries about whether bags have been stolen because they are in some unexpected non-airport location, when it's just a place the airline uses to handle delayed baggage, is probably troublesome for them.
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#7No more plausible deniability I guess when really you just don't want to pay someone to sort through the lost and found luggage.
Re: Lufthansa bans AirTags in checked luggage
#8And how do they intend to enforce this?
Re: Lufthansa bans AirTags in checked luggage
#9Huh. I don't check luggage much and, at least with United, their checked baggage app tracking system seems pretty good. But I've been tossing in an AirTag on the few occasions I've checked luggage in the past year or so and it seems to work pretty well as a backup tracker.
I check luggage pretty often, and these days I always chuck a Tile into every bag. With all the logistical disruptions at airports of late, waiting at baggage claim is a lot less nerve-wracking when I can see that my bags pinged on the tarmac five minutes ago.
Re: Lufthansa bans AirTags in checked luggage
#10How are they even going to know if there is an airtag in someone's luggage? Are they particularly obvious on an x-ray or is there some kind of specialised detector?