{"id":40266,"date":"2023-08-07T22:48:32","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T02:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=40266"},"modified":"2023-08-07T22:48:32","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T02:48:32","slug":"airtag-success-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/07\/airtag-success-story\/","title":{"rendered":"AirTag Success Story"},"content":{"rendered":"

Julia Buckley<\/a> (via Hacker News<\/a>):<\/p>\n

When they arrived at Denver after midnight, the bag wasn’t on the belt. United representatives at Denver gave them a case number and told them the bag should arrive on the 8.30 a.m. flight from Chicago in just a few hours. When it didn’t, Shuster called the toll-free number for lost baggage that she’d been given.<\/p>

“They said, ‘Your bag’s going to come in later today on one of two flights.’ I said ‘OK, great,’ but it never came. So I called later that afternoon and they said ‘Your bag is still in Baltimore,’” says Shuster.<\/p>

[…]<\/p>

And the AirTag was showing as being at baggage reclaim at O’Hare.<\/p>

[…]<\/p>

Tagged with another passenger’s details, the bag had been sent to the belt, ready for pick up at O’Hare – and when nobody claimed it, staff had moved it to their back office.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Unfortunately, even with the AirTag, due to United’s incompetence she had to fly back and retrieve the bag herself.<\/p>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n