Do you keep your airline baggage tags on your bags?

[Foreigner]

I'm in the habit of taking off tags right after I arrive home/hotel but I see so many travellers departing hotels or arriving at airport with crunched up tags on bags.

 

[Princess Fiona]

No, too paranoid that my bags will end up AWOL. Take off all tags and stickers on arrival

 

[Ansett]

Take off unless its got that yellow First Class Sticker on Just for pose value lol

 

[JessicaTam]

HLO means never having to remove a tag you don't want to.

 

[Ansett]

HLQ? What the ?

 

[Must...Fly!]

HLO means never having to remove a tag you don't want to keep.

What about if you leave it at the hotel after you check-out?

 

[JessicaTam]

HLQ? What the ?

HLO = Hand Luggage Only

 

[Ansett]

HLO = Hand Luggage Only

Ahhhhhh My apogies I knew that

 

[JessicaTam]

What about if you leave it at the hotel after you check-out?

Then you may be tagged as careless.

 

[Austman]

Having experienced an incident at a Qantas check-in, I tend to remove the tags now. It was a QFJ-class international check-in no less. I was very sternly told to remove the old (also Qantas international J-class) tags. I had to climb up onto the luggage belt to do it! Then the agent refused to even take the old tags off me. Wonderful experience... Not.

Don't remove the tags too early! Some airports check them when you leave the terminal.

 

[Must...Fly!]

Then you may be tagged as careless.

lol!

Although I should have been clearer, I meant left with the concierge for later collection

 

[TonyHancock]

Luggage Tags?

 

[JessicaTam]

Luggage Tags?

Yes. As a fellow HLO traveller, it is a concept I am having trouble grasping.

 

[RooFlyer]

Yes. As a fellow HLO traveller, it is a concept I am having trouble grasping.

Try travelling with a geological pick in your carry-on and you'll grasp the concept pretty quickly! Not to mention a few kg of rock samples ....

I mean, doesn't everyone travel back with these?

 

[TheInsider]

Please please please please, take off all luggage stickers and 'bingo stubs' (the little stickers)!! It creates so many issues when the bags go through to the baggage room. The sortation system sends bags to a different area to be manually scanned, in which case can make the bag miss the flight.

 

[Boris spatsky]

Having experienced an incident at a Qantas check-in, I tend to remove the tags now. It was a QFJ-class international check-in no less. I was very sternly told to remove the old (also Qantas international J-class) tags. I had to climb up onto the luggage belt to do it! Then the agent refused to even take the old tags off me. Wonderful experience... Not.

Don't remove the tags too early! Some airports check them when you leave the terminal.

???? This last comment makes no sense. Please explain?

 

[Mal]

Always remove them when leaving airport if I'm catching public transport for privacy and security reasons.

 

[Burrito]

Yes. As a fellow HLO traveller, it is a concept I am having trouble grasping.

+1 for HLO

 

[Austman]

???? This last comment makes no sense. Please explain?

At some airports I've had my bag tags checked (against the tag they give you to carry) when leaving the airport terminal. It's a security measure against theft I suppose... Not very common but I've had it done quite a few times.

The other thing - if you are off to a hotel, the tags can make any luggage identification issues at the hotel easier to resolve. (There shouldn't be any - but it happens).

 

[JohnM]

Please please please please, take off all luggage stickers and 'bingo stubs' (the little stickers)!! It creates so many issues when the bags go through to the baggage room. The sortation system sends bags to a different area to be manually scanned, in which case can make the bag miss the flight.

Very interesting. I'll now make sure I do this every time. Thanks for the insider's view .