Lufthansa bans AirTags in checked luggage

Post by _moof » Sat, Oct 08, 2022, 4:07 AM UTC

core-utility wrote: post #327

ajmurmann wrote: post #321

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This section makes it even more confusing to me, since I thought that the whole cell phone transmission restriction theater had been removed a few years ago. Was that only within the US and I've been violating EU regulations for years?

Is the cell phone transmission theater even lifted in the US? I still get asked to turn on airplane mode regularly (though Wi-Fi is okay)

Post by ncmncm » Sat, Oct 08, 2022, 4:14 AM UTC

balderdash wrote: post #198

aliqot wrote: post #35

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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.

Post by hypertele-Xii » Sat, Oct 08, 2022, 4:17 AM UTC

laundermaf wrote: post #447

kortex wrote: post #416

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It'll be in good company with dialing, film, photograph, watching the tube, etc. Actually photo graph was already out of date, because graph had morphed from "to write" to making any kind of image. Which itself I believe meant something akin to inscription /engraving. Actually while photograph may no longer be a graph as in image on a surface, in some ways it's still an image impressed on rocks. Made using lithograph…

-graph effectively means recording, storing, so photograph is still very much valid and will forever be.

Post by mynameisvlad » Sat, Oct 08, 2022, 4:21 AM UTC

BoorishBears wrote: post #57

TazeTSchnitzel wrote: post #6

There 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.

Delta has been providing live updates of luggage locations for years without an issue. They're claiming it's due to radio transmission anyways.

Post by airstrike » Sat, Oct 08, 2022, 4:48 AM UTC

yjftsjthsd-h wrote: post #388

crooked-v wrote: post #244

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Charge... how?

Small claims court?