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Lufthansa is starting to ban Airtags in Checked Luggage.

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I came across this article today on Simple Flying saying that Lufthansa is Banning Airtags in Luggage, saying that 'electronic devices in checked luggage must be completely turned off.' It's clear that Airtags help track lost luggage in Crowded Airports, but it's clear that Airlines want to hide where your luggage really is. Only a Matter of time until other airlines and UA, AA, and DAL add a rule like this. Especially when trying to find your luggage is like this:
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Basically trying to find a needle in a haystack. Link: Lufthansa Is Reportedly Banning Apple AirTags In Luggage
 
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Some places they reroute your luggage and being opened for “check ups”. In some countries they just take all your personal belonging with value. So yes, in some way this will be an excuse to continue the malpractises.
 
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Abazigal said:
How are they even going to enforce the ban in the first place?
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Have you charged with smuggling "dangerous" items on board their plane if you use airtag data to show they lost your luggage, and/or ban you from flying with their airline.

I assume there may also be devices that can detect airtags, but the airports handle luggage outside the planes, so I doubt Lufthansa has much if any direct influence on that.
 
And another source that says AirTags are not banned:

"One crucial thing the airline blog posts were missing: official confirmation from any airline.

There's no mention of any coming ban on Lufthansa's website, and none of the U.S. bloggers provided confirmation from an on-the-record Lufthansa spokesperson.

Frommer's sent a request for clarification to Lufthansa. So far, representatives from the airline have not replied.

(Update: A Lufthansa spokesperson got back to us a day after our inquiry, writing, "There is no Lufthansa directive on this topic and the German media reported it wrong.")"
https://www.frommers.com/blogs/arth...s-really-about-to-start-banning-apple-airtags
 
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lostPod said:
What about Tile? They can be just as “dangerous”.
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Tile and airtags piggyback off other devices with bluetooth on, Tile devices won’t notify anyone unless you mark it as lost where as AirTags will alert nearby users that it’s “there” when the AirTags are nowhere near their owner.

I can see them getting annoyed and downright bothered when all these AirTagS start warning all these people at the airport just because.

the funny thing is tile at least offers Insurance claims for lost items upto $1,000 with a subscription plan that actively tracks, where as apple offers the active tracking free with Find My app but no insurance.
 
Edit: I read comment better and my comment had nothing to give any more.
 
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lostPod said:
What about Tile? They can be just as “dangerous”.
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Tile's probably not an issue because not enough people use it for it to be useful in any way.

AirTags work because they piggy-back on a 1-billion strong iPhone user base, and so are useful right out of the gate. That's the power of the Apple ecosystem.

I don't understand the mentality of these airports. They would rather customers lose their luggage without any recourse or means of retrieving them, just to "save face"?!?
 
oofio2461 said:
I came across this article today on Simple Flying saying that Lufthansa is Banning Airtags in Luggage, saying that 'electronic devices in checked luggage must be completely turned off.' It's clear that Airtags help track lost luggage in Crowded Airports, but it's clear that Airlines want to hide where your luggage really is. Only a Matter of time until other airlines and UA, AA, and DAL add a rule like this. Especially when trying to find your luggage is like this:
Basically trying to find a needle in a haystack. Link: Lufthansa Is Reportedly Banning Apple AirTags In Luggage
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This whole thread seems based on fake and/or confusing news. See the article below:
Lufthansa says it is not banning AirTags from its flights despite tweets claiming otherwise
 
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oofio2461 said:
I came across this article today on Simple Flying saying that Lufthansa is Banning Airtags in Luggage, saying that 'electronic devices in checked luggage must be completely turned off.' It's clear that Airtags help track lost luggage in Crowded Airports, but it's clear that Airlines want to hide where your luggage really is. Only a Matter of time until other airlines and UA, AA, and DAL add a rule like this. Especially when trying to find your luggage is like this:View attachment 2091131
Basically trying to find a needle in a haystack. Link: Lufthansa Is Reportedly Banning Apple AirTags In Luggage
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Regarding that picture with all the luggage, would AirTags really help you in finding it? When I look on my iPhone screen to check my luggage at home, it basically gives me a circular shaded area that encompasses my apartment, a few other apartments and the majority of the street outside my window. It's a pretty wide area, enough to encompass all of that baggage.
 
The_Auryn said:
Regarding that picture with all the luggage, would AirTags really help you in finding it? When I look on my iPhone screen to check my luggage at home, it basically gives me a circular shaded area that encompasses my apartment, a few other apartments and the majority of the street outside my window. It's a pretty wide area, enough to encompass all of that baggage.
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Right, but it would help to know if it was in Frankfurt, London, or Miami.
 
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