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Released: December 02, 2012
Tag, you’re it: Airlines expand self-tagged baggage programs
Source: Rob Lovitt, NBC News (Free Registration)
If you’re like most people, your pre-travel to-do list includes booking your own flights, checking yourself in and printing or downloading your own boarding pass. These days, you can add baggage handling to that list. From Orlando, Fla., to Vancouver, B.C., tagging your own checked bags represents the next big thing in self-service air travel.
The systems vary by carrier but essentially passengers input their travel information into an airport kiosk, receive and affix their tags and take their luggage to a bag drop where airline employees check photo IDs and scan the luggage into the system. In some cases, the kiosks feature scales that allow passengers to weigh their luggage and pay any required fees.
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