Tracking Lost Baggage

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With the help of the upcoming device iTraq, you can keep track of your valuables straight from your smart an airline exactly where your suitcase is after it doesn't show up at baggage claim. Watch the video below, which explains the technology and Ever lost your luggage while travelling? Wondered if you could track your baggage in real time? According to statistics made available by SITA, nearly 26 million bags go missing each year from airports around the world. UAE airports are no exception. Note -- this news article is more than a year old. LONDON (Dow Jones) Bag it then tag it. That could be the European airline industry's new mantra as costs and penalties soar for lost or misplaced luggage under new European Union rules. European airlines Where It All Comes From If an airline or other transportation provider can't track down the owner of a bag, it sells the contents to the Unclaimed Baggage Center. Airlines work for 90 days to find someone to claim lost items before turning them over. Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA), SkyTrax’s 2014 winner for best baggage handling system, puts great stock in RFID technology — it was the first airport in the world to introduce RFID luggage Once it’s lost, the live tracking function I have eventually made my way to the airline service counter to fill out some forms (using the baggage claim number airlines issue to help track lost bags). Fortunately I have usually been reunited with my lost luggage a day later. But travellers are not .

Although there is not much that can be done in regards to lost baggage, you can speed up the process by knowing where your luggage is at all times. For this, you need a baggage tracker. When you think about it, there are not that many methods of tracking This is where the baggage tag receipt on your ticket matters – this receipt contains the tracking number required to locate the bag. Don’t worry too much if you lost it, the number is also attached to your ticket number in the computer systems UK airlines have 21 days to track your bag before it is officially "irretrievably lost". They trace it through the electronic tag that is put on it when you drop off your luggage, but bags can be difficult to find if a faulty or incorrect code was entered And while the lost bag rate has increased every year since 2002, 2006 was on track to be an improvement over the previous year up until August, when a ban on carry-on liquids and gels caused a 30 percent increase in bags checked nationally. Though the U.S .