Submitted by eeby_deeby t3_xzt5h1 in technology
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eeby_deeby OP t1_iro2mai wrote
Does anyone here put tracking devices like AirTags and Tile in their luggage? If so, has it been beneficial?
And according to this guy on Twitter, CR2032 batteries (which power AirTags) aren't banned from flights, just in case you have any other devices that run on this button cell.
Edit: It's a CR2032 battery.
oh-bee t1_iro59qt wrote
I put one on all my luggage. I’ve had bags lost before and had a close call where they lost my child’s car seat, but turns out it was just misplaced.
Now whenever I land I just check my phone and can confirm myself where they are and help airport staff find them if they “lost” them.
stuffeh t1_irobnrc wrote
2032*. A LOT of car key fobs use the same battery.
BumblebeePleasant749 t1_iro4gqk wrote
Yes. Just came back from a trip to Italy. I was able to track my bag through the airport on connecting flights.
icefire555 t1_irobd78 wrote
I wish I had. I had luggage that got lost for multiple weeks while I was on vacation. Turns out my luggage only made it to the first destination on my three flight trip.
ioncloud9 t1_irpc67q wrote
I do. It lets me know my luggage is in my general vicinity. I can usually see them while I’m sitting in the plane and they are in the cargo bay. Also if they are waiting at baggage claim or not.
jadensmithsson t1_irom3ru wrote
Airport/airline has just lost my luggage. They then play these BS games “it’s not us, call them.. even though they will tell you call someone else” & “we’ll try our best but probably nothing we can do”, etc.
Don’t care if it’s allowed or not, I will be using AirTag in all checked luggage here on out.
Tight-Ad447 t1_iro3vet wrote
Received a huge pile of badwill over the last 24 hours. LH had to change…
teh_maxh t1_irofc1h wrote
> The carrier responded by saying that it had “not banned airtags and there is no guideline or regulation by Lufthansa to ban airtags. There is a standing ICAO regulation on such devices, but this has nothing to do with Lufthansa or any other carrier.”
So they are banning AirTags; they're just pretending ICAO says they have to.
JohannesOliver t1_iroz9lq wrote
Their social media was posting that they were banned, having those posts deleted, and then posting it again later.
Salt-Philosopher-289 t1_irqp5zn wrote
“Our hands are tied!” Vigorously funds ICAO
dirtymoney t1_irpdom8 wrote
A company's failures/incompetence SHOULD be exposed.
cr4d t1_iroe4rl wrote
If for nothing else, they are great for reducing anxiety over if your luggage has travelled with you.
So_spoke_the_wizard t1_irpkjon wrote
But now checked bags are $30 while checked tracking devices are an additional $50.
SpaceAdventureCobraX t1_irpzhpi wrote
They just wish they could.
Ordinary_Variation10 t1_irsmgal wrote
Has anyone that has had an AirTag in their luggage actually been able to convince someone from the airline you know where your bags are and act on it? I think the concept of this great. But the reality is in my experience no one at an airline will action the information you give them. In the end it’s 100x more frustrating.
srfrosky t1_irozh9b wrote
> “IATA policy states unequivocally that, “devices in checked baggage must be completely switched off.”
I wonder how they even intend on enforcing that. First off, they need to detect the tag’s presence. Other than actively looking for them visually when x-ray scanning, I can’t see how else they could.
Tags don’t interact with devices that are not paired with them, unless actively “traveling together” for a given amount of time (anti-stalking feature). Can they be located using signal detectors?
Once physically located, how can they determine the tag is on since it doesn’t light up or have an active UI?
SeaweedSorcerer t1_irpgzrd wrote
AirTags are broadcasting on Bluetooth a ton. It’d be easy to figure out if a bag had one.
srfrosky t1_irpjr4l wrote
How easy? What type of Bluetooth detectors?
SeaweedSorcerer t1_irpn6m9 wrote
$10 of hardware. Pretty much anything that does Bluetooth LE. I could see them with a simple ESPHome script. You can’t identify specific ones of course, but you can know a AirTag is there.
srfrosky t1_irpo0d1 wrote
Gotcha. Started reading up on this. Very interesting. Thanks!
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random-incident t1_irq3avv wrote
If airlines were smart they would make deal with Apple to use Apple’s tech themselves since the Apple detection ecosystem is everywhere. The might be able to fix or at least know about some errors in realtime before their customers do.
Aelok t1_irp0vf2 wrote
Wtf is that spin to win pop up? Literally the biggest pop up i've ever seen. I cannot stand websites like that.
Heres_your_sign t1_iroefkg wrote
God forbid that someone try to hold airlines accountable. All of a sudden the trackers will be reclassified as "dangerous goods".
We're tired of our governments' collective inaction on passenger rights.