Q Bag Tags

[ashleyn]

Ashleyn, I am intrigued by your comments.
Why should the different level of tags be worth different amounts??

regards

Rono

Bronze can be purchased by anyone, Silver, Gold and Plat are only given out when you achieve that status level, hence as you say, people are prepared to pay for pose value.

 

[samh004]

Bronze can be purchased by anyone, Silver, Gold and Plat are only given out when you achieve that status level, hence as you say, people are prepared to pay for pose value.

Technically, I think they're not Bronze but Qantas Club coloured, as Bronze members are not given a chipped card, but QP-members are.

 

[legroom]

They only work at Australian domestic airports. Think of them as a blank white board, when you check in your baggage, the whiteboard gets erased and your trip information is written to it.

For the OP, I sold a pair of Bronze on eBay for $26 and a pair of Silver for $40. Gold should fetch around $50-$60.

Did you need to - and if so, how - "remove" any personal ID on the tags e.g. embedded QFF number etc... ?

I thought they would have such info at the very least so baggage handlers - in theory- could link your bags to your flights as listed under your QFF number.

 

[simongr]

The linking is done when you check the bags in. There is no personal information on the chip until that point. Basically when you register the tag at check in/luggage injector the machines tells the chip the PNR and other relevant info and that info is read by RFID scanners during the luggage handling process.

 

[legroom]

.... There is no personal information on the chip until that point....

Thanks

I was not aware of that.

Always thought - wrongly - the QFF number was "embeded" with the cards.

 

[ajw373]

Did you need to - and if so, how - "remove" any personal ID on the tags e.g. embedded QFF number etc... ?

I thought they would have such info at the very least so baggage handlers - in theory- could link your bags to your flights as listed under your QFF number.

As has been mentioned a few times in this thread the Q tags hold no information what so ever about the traveller or indeed the owner (except of course anything hand written on the label on the outside). The only thing they have is a serial number which at time of check-in is associated to the person checking in with them. If that person is a ff'er the associated status is then linked.

 

[ashleyn]

As has been mentioned a few times in this thread the Q tags hold no information what so ever about the traveller or indeed the owner (except of course anything hand written on the label on the outside). The only thing they have is a serial number which at time of check-in is associated to the person checking in with them. If that person is a ff'er the associated status is then linked.

And BTW if you have written your name in ink or permanent marker and want to get rid of the tags (sell or give away), eucalyptus based stain removers work a treat.

 

[ashleyn]

As has been mentioned a few times in this thread the Q tags hold no information what so ever about the traveller or indeed the owner (except of course anything hand written on the label on the outside). The only thing they have is a serial number which at time of check-in is associated to the person checking in with them. If that person is a ff'er the associated status is then linked.

and that serial number is also on the barcode on the QTag so you can present at the counter to check your bags in and the operator will just scan the barcode and off you go. Not sure why you would do that but you can.

 

[TheInsider]

and that serial number is also on the barcode on the QTag so you can present at the counter to check your bags in and the operator will just scan the barcode and off you go. Not sure why you would do that but you can.

No barcodes are scanned by CSA's, it's all got to do with the RFID chip inside the tag.

 

[ashleyn]

No barcodes are scanned by CSA's, it's all got to do with the RFID chip inside the tag.

Hmmm, I've had my barcode scanned on a number of occasions. They certainly aim the scanner at the barcode, I could be wrong of course.

 

[TheInsider]

Hmmm, I've had my barcode scanned on a number of occasions. They certainly aim the scanner at the barcode, I could be wrong of course.

If you see agents flipping the Q-tag around to show the barcode to scan, they are just stupid. The scanner isn't a barcode scanner, it's an RFID reader.