2) Bags can be mistagged in the first place (like in this article)
3) Bags can be misplaced/lost in a location nobody will ever scan again (e.g. sent to the wrong airport, unclaimed bags are all put in a room to be claimed but they never bother to re-scan because they assume they're already at the correct destination)
4) Bags can be misdelivered (e.g. they deliver your late bag to a totally wrong hotel)
And so forth. Also I don't know what bar code "in multiple places" you're talking about, I've only ever seen a single looped sticker around the handle. Are there airports that do something extra? Where?
Re multiple places: I've only flown in Europe in recent years, but all the looped stickers had like 3 smaller stickers on them which you could put directly on the luggage. I think it's the small ones you can see here, near to the right hand of the person: [1]. When checking in at a desk, they don't always bother to put them on the luggage, but when I'm at a machine, I always make sure to use them.
Ha, I've always wondered what those were intended for. Because you're right, whenever I've checked in at a desk, I've never once had them bother to actually stick them on my luggage. Thanks.
> 2) Bags can be mistagged in the first place (like in this article)
This I dont get. They pull your file and check your ID, then print the baggage tag and attach it to your file - or have YOU print it. How can they mistag? The process seems sufficiently straight forward that, short of sending you to the wrong direction as well, your baggage should always have the right tag?
You've never seen two people's sets of baggage right next to each other at the check-in counter, and the attendant puts the tag on the wrong one?
Check-in counters are busy places where printers break and attendants switch between desks and luggage gets put somewhere for a minute and attendants are multitasking because in the middle of checking you in, there's an urgent situation with another passenger, and now the other printer broke too -- "well I assume this tag was meant for this bag, I've gotta keep the line moving".
2) Bags can be mistagged in the first place (like in this article)
3) Bags can be misplaced/lost in a location nobody will ever scan again (e.g. sent to the wrong airport, unclaimed bags are all put in a room to be claimed but they never bother to re-scan because they assume they're already at the correct destination)
4) Bags can be misdelivered (e.g. they deliver your late bag to a totally wrong hotel)
And so forth. Also I don't know what bar code "in multiple places" you're talking about, I've only ever seen a single looped sticker around the handle. Are there airports that do something extra? Where?