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yeah, they really can. Flights are a sellers market, they run near empty flights often. Plus less people are using AirTags than you think. Again, I think its a dumb rule. But don't think you are special and can just ignore it forever with no consequences.
> run near empty flights often This is kind of amazing to hear. Roughly the last 10 flights I've been on have been completely full.
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> Note that the reason for airport mode is a courtesy to cell-phone carriers. This doesn’t track. What about trains?
And movie theaters, malls, stadiums. Maybe I’m missing something?
Most, if not all, of the movie theaters I've been in have been fairly stationary.
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AirTags are scannable as an NFC and they identify themselves as AirTag.
NFC range is so low you’d have to scan the exact right spot in the bag. Good luck.
I believe there are nfc scanners with much more capable antennas that for instance can scan a passport from 10 ft away…
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#196This is going to have the opposite of their intended effect. People are now going to be more interested than ever in AirTags precisely for luggages thanks to them.
Bingo! It hadn't occurred to me until just now, but you bet your butt there'll be an Airtag, a Trackr, and a Tile in my luggage next time.
It’s honestly so nice!
I land, and before I check my texts I check for my bags.
They have almost always already been reported to the find my network and I have peace of mind.
Even at the baggage carousels. I just activate “Find” and it tells me if my bag is “near by” and rarely it’ll even give me the arrow pointing at my luggage.
I didn’t even realize that I was previously micro-stressing about this stuff. But I can definitely tell the change I’ve had in mental state with an AirTag in my luggage.
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Do the AirTags have lithium ion cells? I thought they have the no explosive cr2032 or thereabouts…
a cr2032 is an example of a "lithium primary cell" meaning it's not rechargable, whereas "lithium ion" is rechargeable https://www.mpoweruk.com/lithiumP.htm
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#198The cat is out of the bag. There is no way that people are going to stop putting AirTags in their luggage, at least not while airlines are still constantly losing luggage and fighting people on reimbursement.
I do see how they'd find it bothersome. Imagine what it must be like that the situation before was: "Oh no my baggage is lost!" "Oooh that's rough! We'll let ya know!" then nothing. Where now what it might be like is: "Oh no my baggage is lost at XYZ airport at your terminal" and that accountability is somewhat forced now because they can't just say it wasn't found or it is 'in transit' when it really isn't.
FWIW I showed an AA baggage customer service rep the location of my bag (within 200ft of where we were standing), the response I got was, “that’s nice, we’ll get you your bag when we get you your bag” - so while it’s nice to know where your bag is, the airlines will continue to not care until there are financial consequences for not delivering as promised.
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Many airlines do this. Lufthansa did it to me last year. They are usually accommodating if you ask in advance (mine was due to a connecting flight being canceled and driving the last leg was much faster than waiting for the next flight).
It’s actually illegal for them to do this without refunding you in Europe but a lot of airlines just ignore the law on this it seems.
What in the world are you talking about? It's perfectly legal. In fact, you're technically not even allowed to skip the second leg of your ticket. Lufthansa has sued people for doing this as well: https://pointmetotheplane.boardingarea.com/lufthansa-sues-th... That one is a little more questionable but it is still indeed against the fare rules to intend to not fly all of the segments.
There is, however, an exception for tickets issued in specifically Italy. See https://www.godsavethepoints.com/european-airline-ticket-loo... It's still not "illegal" for them to not refund you, and most airlines just accept the fines from the Italian authorities.
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Why do you think I think I'm special? I simply think we're all humans, with basic rights, such as being able to keep tabs on our personal property, within reason-- which, surely, a small, light, unobtrusive tracker that has no known problematic failure modes, and which contains a battery that is within the checked baggage limits comports with? I made no suggestion that I should be able to shirk the rules while everyo…
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>You generally are not allowed to carry lithium batteries in checked baggage
Mind linking to the relevant regulations that say that? The ones that I turned up[1] says that batteries are fine as long as they're in an installed device.