Lufthansa has not banned AirTags
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Lufthansa has not banned AirTags
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Re: Lufthansa has not banned AirTags
#2Was this all based on a incorrect legalistic reading of some rules or did they actually say anything in the first place?
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#3Why would an AirTag, or any personal baggage tracker, pose a threat to an airline and make them want to ban it?
The benefits to consumers of using these devices are obvious. But it also seems that enabling customers to know where their lost luggage is would benefit the airlines as well.
Can anyone thing of a reason (legitimate or not) that airlines would be motivated to prevent this?
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#4Was this all based on a incorrect legalistic reading of some rules or did they actually say anything in the first place?
All based on a clickbait article, as outlined here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33128486
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#5Why would an AirTag, or any personal baggage tracker, pose a threat to an airline and make them want to ban it? The benefits to consumers of using these devices are obvious. But it also seems that enabling customers to know where their lost luggage is would benefit the airlines as well. Can anyone thing of a reason (legitimate or not) that airlines would be motivated to prevent this?
Yes, and the article touches on this. Accountability. Airlines lose bags all the time and will no longer be able to provide you with the endless list of excuses.
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#6Why would an AirTag, or any personal baggage tracker, pose a threat to an airline and make them want to ban it? The benefits to consumers of using these devices are obvious. But it also seems that enabling customers to know where their lost luggage is would benefit the airlines as well. Can anyone thing of a reason (legitimate or not) that airlines would be motivated to prevent this?
Among the 600 comments in the previous mention of this (non) story, there was quite a few mentions of possible reasons (legitimate and not): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33127459
Re: Lufthansa has not banned AirTags
#7Except they have.
A Lufthansa spokesperson has clarified the new rules for the German news site watson: https://www.watson.de/leben/urlaub%20&%20freizeit/879935671-...
It rougly translate to: The device itself is not banned, but has to be shut off during flight. In practice this would mean that you would have to remove the battery from the airtag, since there is no powerswitch.
But I will admit that this seems odd and I think it won't be the last time we've heard about it.
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#8I was surprised the onemileatatime article got so many upvotes. This site is well-known for posting clickbait and generally not well-received in the frequent flyer community.
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#9As an aside, are there ANY decent airlines left in EU? Just having booked tickets thought 3 separate airlines, I had to go throught multiple circles of hell: captcha (LOT), purposefully confusing flow, no luggage by default and next tier being x3-x5 the price (WizzAir, but others are similarly bad), hidden fees appearing during final steps (Norwegian), and everything RyanAir. I'm not even flying with checked luggage for the past 15 years because of the multiple counts of every single airline losing and damaging my luggage. KLM, Lufthansa, SAS - you name it. And many times you don't even get to chose an airline: there is just one option.
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#10Really simple question is whether car keys are banned under the same rules. They are powered by the same types of batteries.