Luggage tags

[RocketMan275]

13 hours ago, SoloAlaska said:

I swear by AirTags since an airline lost my luggage for 3 weeks. So much less stress when I can track my luggage every step of the way. Basically as long as an iPhone or iPad goes nearby it will track it.

 

 

12 hours ago, BirdTravels said:

The problem with Air Tags is that they basically says that your bag is on the ship/at the port. Air Tags work by pinging off iPhones near by,,,, once people go into airplane mode, there will be limited pings,,, if your bag is lost. It won't say "Your bag is at Cabin 826". 

 

Do you  have soft or hard sided luggage?

Does it matter?

[SoloAlaska]

1 hour ago, RocketMan275 said:

 

Do you  have soft or hard sided luggage?

Does it matter?

I have 2 large pelican case I travel with regularly and the rest of my luggage is hardside.

[RocketMan275]

Just now, SoloAlaska said:

I have 2 large pelican case I travel with regularly and the rest of my luggage is hardside.

And the airtags work well with both?

[SoloAlaska]

Just now, RocketMan275 said:

And the airtags work well with both?

They work great in everything, no issues at all. 

[graphicguy]

54 minutes ago, SoloAlaska said:

They work great in everything, no issues at all. 

Same here.  I use them in my hard side and soft side luggage, as well as my back pack.  They work well in all my applications.

[SoloAlaska]

The one situation they don’t work in is if your have them inside an RFID protected travel bag. I just tested it with my RFID pouch I use to protect my cards and passport etc and it’s blocks the signal of the AirTag as well.

[RocketMan275]

35 minutes ago, SoloAlaska said:

The one situation they don’t work in is if your have them inside an RFID protected travel bag. I just tested it with my RFID pouch I use to protect my cards and passport etc and it’s blocks the signal of the AirTag as well.

That shouldn't be a surprise.

That doesn't concern me.  

[BirdTravels]

9 hours ago, RocketMan275 said:

 

Do you  have soft or hard sided luggage?

Does it matter?

We have "hard side" case which is just composite plastic. Air Tags, in general, work fine. 

[RocketMan275]

22 minutes ago, BirdTravels said:

We have "hard side" case which is just composite plastic. Air Tags, in general, work fine. 

That's what I was hoping to hear.  Thanks.