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Save/ShareThis month, Boston's Logan airport will be the first in the nation to ask passengers to tag their own bags. On some flights on American Airlines and Air Canada, passengers will be encouraged to use kiosks to print their own luggage routing tags. Delta plans to test the same service, but it hasn't yet announced at which airport.
Airlines already give travelers an option of using kiosks to print boarding passes. But now fliers will be encouraged to print their own luggage tags, too.
You still have to see an official, so it's not clear to me how this saves time for fliers. In Europe and Canada, do-it-yourself passenger bag tagging is already common. At some airports, kiosks can even scan passports to authenticate IDs, making counter agents unnecessary.
Passenger bag tagging should shorten the line for checking in. The airlines usually don't have enough staff to handle the traffic at peak times as it is.
No word yet on whether airlines will soon start charging a $10 tagging fee unless you screen your bags yourself and then load them into the plane's hold.
'Tag your own' luggage plans [Boston Herald]
Airlines may test do-it-yourself traveler bag tagging [USA Today]
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It's just another way for us to lose jobs and give less service!
Posted By Brenda on November 8, 2010, 4:35 PM
I do wonder how this saves time. What about the people that just can't get it right and screw up tagging their bags so that someone has to fix it for them? I know that tagging does take some time but it seems minimal in the big picture. Also what about when you print boarding passes at home - will you print a baggage tag as well now? How will they stay on the bags if you do it yourself? If I have to go to a kiosk after printing my boarding pass at home that won't save me time just take more.
Posted By Al on November 11, 2010, 9:49 AM
At JFK recently we got our bags weighed and the tags put on the handles but we had to put our own suitcases on the conveyor. It felt strange. It must be nice for the employees since they don't have to lift heavy suitcases any more.
Posted By Rick on November 11, 2010, 6:13 PM
They will soon be asking which passenger has a pilots licence and making us fly the plane ourselves.
Posted By Kris on November 12, 2010, 7:32 AM
Ah yes - the "Greyhoundization" of the less-friendlier skies...
Posted By George on November 12, 2010, 2:06 PM