Lost luggage? You can now share your Apple AirTag with BA, Virgin, Iberia, Aer Lingus & more

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• Rj-24 says:

  21 Dec21 December 07:37

  I like the peace of mind of having them in my luggage .

  As someone with smaller children I have also employed the tags in special AirTag wristbands, so should they get lost in public I can find them. Likewise I have one inside each of their (expensive) school coats that have previously gone missing (pre AirTag deployment).

• Johnny says:

  21 Dec21 December 08:29

  I used a Samsung Smart Tag on my recent long haul trip. It does work and as I have never done a connecting flight before, always direct, it was piece of mind when it was on the aircraft.

• Gordon says:

  21 Dec21 December 08:30

  Very useful devices indeed, We’ve had these for many years, I kept getting alerts when I left a hotel, until I found the trusted location setting!

• Terry says:

  21 Dec21 December 08:40

  A must-have for all those people who are obsessed by their possessions and Luggage. I do admit it is terribly inconvenient when one’s Luggage doesn’t arrive but it’s a chance to start buying things at the airline’s expense. Don’t lock it!

• paul says:

  21 Dec21 December 08:47

  We got a free Tile from the Police as a way to track my mother who has Dementia.

  We tried it first when my wife went for a walk – it was completely useless as a standalone product.

  Unsure if I should take a subscription to get better results – anyone know?

  • can2 says:

    21 Dec21 December 12:23

    I can’t remember the name but some smart watches with no screen have long charging life and 5g connectivity for tracking.
    But I find UK’s 5g network a shame, so won’t be perfect neither

• Sue says:

  21 Dec21 December 08:58

  So BA are now also in the Apple pocket? Should be a law against such exclusion of other systems.

  • Gordon says:

    21 Dec21 December 09:02

    It’s not compulsory, you have a choice!

  • masaccio says:

    21 Dec21 December 09:03

    This is nothing to do with BA; the shared links are wholly reliant upon Apple.

  • Gordon says:

    21 Dec21 December 09:05

    Apologies, ignore my reply!

  • S says:

    21 Dec21 December 09:09

    What ‘other systems’ that are actually comparable do you have in mind?

    Perhaps the Samsung system that is exclusive to Samsung devices?

• Gordon says:

  21 Dec21 December 09:01

  @Paul – Not sure about Tile, but my friend has an air tag in his child’s clothing, incase of getting lost, but these devices need to connect to nearby Bluetooth device to work, so if someone is in a remote location, lt would be difficult to locate them.

  With air tags there was an update quite a while ago, regarding people using them for stalking purposes, so now the Air tag alerts the device nearest to it after so many alerts, to inform them of an Air tag in their vicinity.

  • Ironside says:

    21 Dec21 December 09:59

    We walk our friends’ dog occasionally. The dog has an AirTag on his collar. We are frequently informed that the dog is ‘stalking’ us, helpfully on both our Android and iOS devices.
    Cleverly, I believe that doesn’t happen on public transport when one might be surrounded by multiple AirTags.

    • Gordon says:

      21 Dec21 December 10:52

      After the air tag has been out of range of the registered user between 4 to 12 hours, it emits a noise alert, so if someone that is potentially being stalked will be made aware of the device within their vicinity!

      So the reason you won’t be alerted on the tube is because of the time lag, it’s bad enough traveling on the tube for 5 minutes let alone hours.

      • Roy says:

        21 Dec21 December 19:42

        Unfortunately there are numerous guides on the internet as to how to take it apart and physically disconnect the sounder so that the alert sounds don”t happen.

        • Gordon says:

          21 Dec21 December 20:53

          Unfortunately, there are many sad individuals that are willing to tamper with these devices to allow them to commit crime, as with any other devices on the market, but this will be plugged by apple hopefully.

  • paul says:

    21 Dec21 December 10:20

    I wonder – would the Tile be recognised is my wife’s Bluetooth is already connected to her headphones?

    She would have had both days and Bluetooth on and the Tile only recorded 1 location in a 90 minute walk ie pretty useless

    • paul says:

      21 Dec21 December 10:21

      Data and Bluetooth not days and Bluetooth duh

• Andy says:

  21 Dec21 December 09:09

  We bought 4 tags for £25 similar to AirTag that are compatible with find my and work in exactly the same way

  • S says:

    21 Dec21 December 09:13

    Worth noting that most of the cheap ones don’t do precision finding. However, while’s that’s useful for finding your keys, it’s much less of an issue for tracking your luggage.

  • cin4 says:

    22 Dec22 December 07:08

    Been using these for years, work perfectly for expensive luggage at a fraction of the cost.

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