Ben Lovejoy
Putting AirTags in my baggage was one of the things I did as soon as I got
mine, and this seems to have become a very popular use of the tiny tracking
devices.
But while they can be a big help when baggage gets lost, a number of
reported experiences show that they still can't solve airline incompetence .
We've already seen one example of this, back in April, when a British couple
returned home with happy memories of their wedding, but no baggage.
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Luckily, Sharod placed an AirTag inside each bag so that he could track them
on the map. Thanks to the Find My app, the couple discovered that their
luggage went to the first stop in Frankfurt but was never put on the plane
to London.
Aer Lingus, the airline responsible for the flight, said that the bags would
be delivered to Sharod's home address. The following night, only two of the
three bags were delivered.
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Find My showed that the third bag was at an apartment in central London, but
despite the owner passing this information to the airline, it still failed
to recover it. Finally, a week later, Sharod gave up and contacted the
police, who swiftly recovered the bag.
Fortune reports a similar case, where a golfer could see the (moving)
location of his golf clubs, but the airline was still unable to reunite them
with their owner.
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Cory Prenatt's retirement celebrations didn't go as planned. Rather than
enjoying playing golf with his friends at all of the famous Open courses
around the UK, the 47-year-old ended up traipsing across the country trying
to locate his bags after they got lost on the journey over from the US.
Prenatt, from Tampa Bay, Florida, had attached Apple's AirTags to his golf
bag and other luggage to track where they were after checking in for his
flight. Upon landing in the UK, he saw his bags were still stuck on the
tarmac at Newark airport, where they remained for two days. His luggage was
eventually sent to a warehouse in Edinburgh, but while driving there to pick
it up, he noticed that his clubs were already headed to Aberdeen. His AirTag
showed they finally ended up in the West Midlands in England [.] Two months
since his trip, and after repeated queries to British Airways and courier
companies, Prenatt still hasn't got his golf bag back. He says it contained
more than $10,000-worth of equipment, including a $4,000 putter that his son
gave him as a retirement gift.
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Fortunately there have been some happier stories, including an Australian
man who was able to use an AirTag to track and recover $7,000 worth of
stolen photography kit.
For me, putting AirTags in baggage offers a lot of peace of mind when
travelling.
My last trip to Buenos Aires back in March involved hold baggage, and it was
reassuring to be able to see that the bags had made it onto the plane, and
subsequently to my destination airport.
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