Herman by Jim Unger for April 15, 2024

And it covers all 7 continents!

She’s listening, not

That will break off before it gets to the plane. My ID tag got torn off once.

Does it have reception all the way to Morocco?

Don’t worry they will break that before they lose your luggage

Nothing ever survives first contact with the baggage conveyor

Hm, we can do that today.

I got my bag back after a trip and it looked to have fallen between the luggage trolleys and stuck under a wheel. It was totally trashed. It even had wheel marks.

Baggage handlers have 99% gorilla DNA

Actually you can buy little GPS tokens from google that does exactly that

Your tracking device shows your bag is in Katmandu…

In all my years of travel, I never checked luggage unless I absolutely had to. I always try to fly with only carry-on luggage.

When I had to check a suitcase, I packed all my essentials in my carry-on bag. I’d trust the government before I’d trust the airlines!

Your suitcase will go places you’ll never see. ;)

Eerily prescient.

Shortly the bomb squad will blow up his suitcase.

They will ask you if there is anything in your lost luggage that you need. Like you are going to go to the trouble of packing non-necessities.

A homing device won’t be enough. He should also have a “tracking” device on his luggage.

They’re called Airtags, and they’re awesome for tracking luggage. You can actually see it board the plane with you and watch it come to the baggage carousel.

unless TSA gets their hands on that bag

There were real devices on sale for a while a few years back. Then the air safety people insisted that the batteries had to be removable during flight, which rather killed the whole concept stone dead.

After 9 / 11 they put security cameras all over airports and everybody KNEW they had security cameras all over the airports and you still saw AIRLINE WORKERS robbing luggage.

FYI: The transmitter is in his hand and the receiver is in the suitcase based upon the antennas used. The transmitter would have a limited range. The Airtag works because most airport have WiFi. Call Sign: KB2SYB

And I have the ‘find my baggage’ app on my phone.

Looks like something out of the original “Mission Impossible” TV show.

I’ve read about people putting airtags on their luggage. In one case the airline claimed it was lost but the owner tracked the tag being moved all over the city – including to a residential area – until it finally ended up at an actual warehouse where the airline was stashing “unclaimed” luggage.

At first glance, I thought the sign behind him, said “Army”.So confusing.

4 times I’ve flown American, 4 times my luggage has seen more of the country than I have.