I expect my Apple Airtags will be more reliable.
Absolutely.
First time on a flight with the new baggage tracking feature last night and it’s… not great.
So:
Got a notification in app after OLCI telling me my flight was eligible for the new feature (although the message also said it’s “only on flights between SYD and BNE”, which is very confusing since I was flying MEL-SYD).
Travelling with one case and also an umbrella-style folding stroller.
Checked the tracking in the app just before boarding and it said this:
Second one is the stroller, I assumed no details because we were taking it up to the gate.
Huge delays yesterday in and out of SYD, so we were over an hour late taking off and had an extra hour in-flight in a holding pattern.
On arrival, the case (with airtag) was already doing loops of the carousel when we got there, but no stroller. No airtag on the stroller, so I checked the app at this point and the tracking thing has disappeard, and now just says “how did we do?”
Yeah well not great because this is kind of when I want to know where my bag is…
Baggage services eventually able to confirm it’s been put on a later flight and they’ll courier it to our hotel. Now mid morning the following day and no sign yet. I wonder if we’ll see it again before we leave SYD…
It would have been helpful if the app had told me that it wasn’t even on our flight as I could have gone straight to baggage services instead of waiting around at the carousel and oversize with a couple of very tired kids to see if it would appear.
So yeah, won’t be ditching the airtags any time soon.