Do you keep your airline baggage tags on your bags?

[samh004]

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

Exactly what I was thinking when I first saw the thread

Though I did use to keep the priority triangles they used to sandwich in the tags.

 

[Austman]

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.

The little stick ons (that, let's face it, not many people remove) are used (manually I believe) if the big tags go missing or get damaged.

 

[jetlagger]

Tags off ASAP.. It detracts the appearance of my 'high street" branded case.. ...

 

[Deleted member]

I think this kind of tag can stay

 

[tuapekastar]

Definitely remove prior to the next checkin. I don't want my bags going where I'm not!

 

[Skyring]

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?

I usually travel with about fifteen kilos of books. And a big box of Timtams.

I religiously remove anything with a barcode from my bag(s) before my next flight. All that remains is my luggage tag with my name and contact details. My hotel room trash can gets stuffed full of these things. I like to think that some of my runs the room cleaners would look at the tapes and codes and think WTF?!!

I know I do.

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.

Do you wear a hoodie and runners and have a few tatts?

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

Good thinking there. As a cabbie, I would glance at the labels as I stowed the stuff in the boot. Canberra's a bit of an odd town in that so many local residents go whiz zing off overseas. Defence, embassy people etc. but in most places, a big wodge of these things marks you out as a tourist not a local.

The sort of person who wouldn't notice if the airport-Civic run took an hour via Tuggeranong, for example. Not that I would ever do such a thing, but the reason I got out of the cabbie game here is that many of my brother cabbies would, and those sort of guys thought nothing of stealing a brother cabbie's passengers.

 

[Austman]

Do you wear a hoodie and runners and have a few tatts?

No. It's standard procedure at some airports.

 

[Boris spatsky]

No. It's standard procedure at some airports.

Which ones? Can you recall? I have never seen this nor heard of it.

 

[Hvr]

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

Japanese domestic airports do this, and very efficiently I might say.

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?

Not quite, we're known for being picky and according to the rest of the world we've got rocks in our heads but I've never had any problems getting these through security. Some people do and WKWTA, but only because they tell us.

 

[munitalP]

Definition of a wanker in the Gordon Precise Dictionary is INT luggage tag with yellow addon on someone's hand luggage on a SYD MEL flight. Take them off folks!

Running a close second for prestige are QF beer coasters hanging on hand luggage such as satchels which would never be checked in...!

 

[Austman]

Which ones? Can you recall? I have never seen this nor heard of it.

It's happened to me a few times. Might have been Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, various countries in Africa or even (as Hvr says), Japan domestic...

Anyway - to avoid any issues, I always wait until I'm out of the terminal before removing luggage tags.

 

[pshepvic]

Which ones? Can you recall? I have never seen this nor heard of it.

It happened to me in Peurto Rico, and has also in a couple of others but I can't remember where.

 

[Skyring]

...Running a close second for prestige are QF beer coasters hanging on hand luggage such as satchels which would never be checked in...!

I dunno. I always put tags on ALL my bags, just in case they go astray. Even if they don't get checked in, they might get left in the boot of the taxi, forgotten in a hotel room.

And there was the BA flight to Istanbul a while back. I left my bunkroom at a youth hostel, went to the First checkin at Heathrow, and they wouldn't let me have two carryon bags. Small backpack and an even smaller paybag. I kept the backpack - with my laptop and stuff, checked the tiny little bag which had a change of clothes. Both had tags.

I also tuck another tag somewhere inside each bag, just in case.

 

[RB]

It happened to me in Peurto Rico, and has also in a couple of others but I can't remember where.

I Have also had this check done in India

 

[Major]

Usually remove all luggage tags at the hotel or when I arrive home. The only tag left is the status tag with my name and FF Number. No address

 

[Fantic125]

Which ones? Can you recall? I have never seen this nor heard of it.

In BOM as you depart the luggage carousel area they have people checking the bag tag to the receipt.

 

[ts911993]

It happened to me in Peurto Rico, and has also in a couple of others but I can't remember where.

It happened to me at IAH in January. they were checking everybody. harder to get out of the airport than in! I've also had it done at NRT and SFO.

 

[Deleted member]

I have drink coasters on all of my (Dom) luggage. On more that one occasion I have had to check hand luggage , usually because someone had some last minute shopping to do . So if that makes me pretentious , I will go with that over lost luggage.

 

[Austman]

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

Mostly! But just to note there are countries and airlines that insist that Hand Luggage (even if it is Only) is tagged.

But these tags are not the big sticky bar-coded ones that are the norm for checked baggage.

 

[JessicaTam]

Mostly! But just to note there are countries and airlines that insist that Hand Luggage (even if it is Only) is tagged.

But these tags are not the big sticky bar-coded ones that are the norm for checked baggage.

I did have that in IST. They weighed my HLO to see it was under 9kg, and then tagged it as ok for carry-on. I have no trouble with this as the size requirements are clearly stated, and this was identifying to the cabin crew that my bag complied.