Have you not seen the news about luggage piling up at Heathrow?
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc...k-62169701.amp
Have you not seen the news about luggage piling up at Heathrow?
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc...k-62169701.amp
This Australian guy travelling on Singapore airlines found his luggage with airtags. After not getting his bag for weeks, but he knew exactly where it was in the airport, he marched through the airport, through the "staff only" areas and finally found his bag in a Swissport office (baggage handler for Singapore airlines). He video'd the whole experience. The ground staff were actually quite friendly and helpful in letting him through
https://youtu.be/Ov12CH2xR8g
https://youtu.be/3AJvw5_RnYQ
Sounds like it might work in Australia... suspect this would not happen at Heathrow, or any US airport where you'd probably end up arrested/tasered/shot.
Anyways, @rani, if you're going to try something like this, I would recommend the Apple Airtags (and someone elses' iPhone). Any Android based system is just going to be too unpopular and sparsely adopted to be of much use.
Yup lots of luggage not making the same flights as passengers. Delta even sent an empty plane to collect missing luggage.Original Post Deleted
Delta Sends Empty Plane to Pick Up Luggage Stranded at London’s Heathrow Airport
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...nded-in-london
That's good to know! Am arriving in Terminal 2 so not sure if that's worse/better. I maybe overreacting, I just don't want to start my holiday without luggage.Original Post Deleted
4 AirTags for HKD800. Lets you see if your luggage is in the same country, or just out of reach a hundred metres away in a giant pile on the tarmac (not sure which one would be more frustrating, TBH). With a possibility of going in and retrieving it if it's nearby (but the chances of this being so unlikely that you'd be tempted to make a Youtube documentary about it)
Versus
Single travel insurance with 20K of baggage coverage (however that's defined) for ~HKD600.
FWIW, I've messed with Airtags. They're okay, turned out more of a curiosity than something we ever relied on for realtime position tracking. Would probably be more useful if we lived in a country where we had to own a car.
Either way, Apple are the clear winners in all of this
https://www.news.com.au/technology/g...7727e19d9eede0
@jgl let me know if you're willing to sell yours? Only need 2. Will use it for the dog after this trip.
I've already bought travel insurance.