These 36 Airlines Offer iPhone Feature That Helps Find Your Lost Bags

[MacRumors]

On iOS 18.2 and later, there is a Share Item Location feature in the Find My app that allows you to temporarily share the location of an AirTag-equipped item with others, including employees at participating airlines. This way, if you put an AirTag inside your bags, the airline can better help you find them in the event they are lost or delayed at the airport.

The feature also works with other item trackers that support Apple's Find My network, such as those sold by Chipolo and Pebblebee.

iPhone, iPad, and Mac users running iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, and macOS Sequoia 15.2 or later can generate a "Share Item Location" link in the Find My app. Anyone they share the link with can then view a web page with a location of the item on a map. The page will automatically update with the item's latest known location.

The item's location stops being shared "as soon as a user is reunited with their item," or automatically expires after seven days.

Apple today announced that the Share Item Location feature is now supported by 36 airlines around the world, and we expect more to follow in the future.

Below, we have listed all of the airlines that support the feature:

• AJet
• Aer Lingus
• Air Canada
• Air France
• Air India
• Air New Zealand
• American Airlines
• Austrian Airlines
• Breeze Airways
• British Airways
• Brussels Airlines
• Cathay Pacific
• Condor
• Copa Airlines
• China Airlines
• Delta
• Eurowings
• Finnair
• Flair Airlines
• Iberia
• JetBlue
• KLM
• LATAM Airlines
• Lufthansa
• Pegasus Airlines
• Porter Airlines
• Qantas
• Saudia
• Singapore Airlines
• SunExpress
• SWISS
• Turkish Airlines
• United
• Virgin Atlantic
• Vueling
• WestJet

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[Justin Cymbal]

This is such an awesome feature that Apple has added

Apple should instead implement their own ‘find my’ beacons (at most US airports) so as to limit their reliance on random strangers (who happened to also have iPhones) to transmit the Geo location back to the person (who has misplaced/lost their phone)

If Apple could start off at the busiest airports first (JFK / LAX) as a pilot test trial, and if that is successful expanded to other airports, that would be the way to go about doing this

 

[jz0309]

That's cool, rule of thumb for me:
avoid checking bags alltogether
If above not possible, make sure you can "survive" for 2-3 days without your checked luggage

 

[dypeterc]

This actually came in handy for me a couple weeks ago. My bike bag didn't get put on my plane for some reason and I could see when it arrived and could pick it up.

 

[NVDA]

I have an AirTag in one of my luggage I check in. Still haven't lost a bag in 25 years of domestic and international travel. A lot of airliners give frequent updates on where your luggage is as well, so I don't even need to use the AirTag.

 

[macfacts]

what does paying the airline pay for then? that's like paying insurance for shipping a package.

 

[Marzzz]

Southwest Airlines conspicuously absent from the list.

 

[RadMac]

Very handy.

 

[mihike]

I have an AirTag in one of my luggage I check in. Still haven't lost a bag in 25 years of domestic and international travel. A lot of airliners give frequent updates on where your luggage is as well, so I don't even need to use the AirTag.

I hadn’t either until KLM lost one of our bags recently. We watched it (via the AirTag) wander around Schiphol for several days, then get shipped to the wrong city. KLM didn’t appear to have any idea where it was most of that time per their automated system. We had KLM ship it back to us after it was clear we wouldn’t get it before we left. It arrived back home shortly before us 12 days later. We were only able to find the smashed remains of the bag set aside in the corner of the luggage office thanks to the AirTag.
If nothing else, I like the peace of mind of sometimes knowing if the bag made it on the plane as some airlines aren’t too good at updating bag location.

 

[Milquetoast]

I have an AirTag in one of my luggage I check in. Still haven't lost a bag in 25 years of domestic and international travel. A lot of airliners give frequent updates on where your luggage is as well, so I don't even need to use the AirTag.

Until one actually gets lost and there's hell to pay...

I never lost one permanently, but certainly have had several over the years get delayed long enough to be delivered later by some cab - luckily all of those were on returning flights.

Also, not long ago, I was waiting for a bag at a carousel, and while the sign indicated that that carousel was still the one for my flight, some barely audible announcement said ~"Kasdfjk sd sdfkj asdfkasjdhflsjdf sdfljk asdjf" - directing all of us on that flight to a side area where our bags really were being delivered. I totally missed the garbled announcement. It was a 20-30 minute delay of immense uncertainty. The airline knew exactly where the bag was (in the baggage claim area), but that was not sufficient to actually locate the bag. It seems like the AirTag solves that issue - and several more.

 

[ignatius345]

That's cool, rule of thumb for me:
avoid checking bags alltogether
If above not possible, make sure you can "survive" for 2-3 days without your checked luggage

Yeah, I'm exactly the opposite. To me, the hassle of dragging my crap all over the airport and through the tiny aisles of a jet and then cramming it into an overhead bin is just not worth it for anything more than a long weekend. I'm so much happier leaving my suitcase (with toiletries of normal size that would not make it through security) at the front of the airport, then strolling through with a backpack containing a few things I want on the plane. And then when I get onto the plane itself, I am so happy to just totally recuse myself from the search for overhead bin space. Put my backpack under the seat in front of me, pop on headphones and order a drink.

I've been checking my bags for many years now and can count one single time (SFO) that my luggage wasn't there when I went to get it. The airline delivered it to me the next day.

I also think airplane cabins would on the whole be much more pleasant if the airlines stopped making luggage a "profit center" and just let people check a suitcase for free.

 

[ZipZap]

I sincerely hope Apple does not expect tags to be so prominently displayed on luggage. Discrete, hidden and permanent attachment is needed or thieves will defeat long before they/luggage are found.

 

[jz0309]

Yeah, I'm exactly the opposite. To me, the hassle of dragging my crap all over the airport and through the tiny aisles of a jet and then cramming it into an overhead bin is just not worth it for anything more than a long weekend. I'm so much happier leaving my suitcase (with toiletries of normal size that would not make it through security) at the front of the airport, then strolling through with a backpack containing a few things I want on the plane. And then when I get onto the plane itself, I am so happy to just totally recuse myself from the search for overhead bin space. Put my backpack under the seat in front of me, pop on headphones and order a drink.

I've been checking my bags for many years now and can count one single time (SFO) that my luggage wasn't there when I went to get it. The airline delivered it to me the next day.

I also think airplane cabins would on the whole be much more pleasant if the airlines stopped making luggage a "profit center" and just let people check a suitcase for free.

that's of course totally fine, for me, the wait to actually get your luggage isn't worth the "inconvenience" of "dragging" your luggage around airports (I use roller bags nowadays 😉), but of course whatever works ...
As for the "more pleasant cabins" - I didn't feel that Southwest's cabin were any more pleasant when you got a "free" checked bag or 2, nor do I honestly remember the cabins any better back in the days before baggage fees became a thing...

 

[JOLoughlin]

Apple should bring back their luggage strap (pictured) for Airtags.

 

[ZipZilla]

International business traveler here. An airtag is absolutely essential if you're going to check a bag. There are so many ways a bag can go into outer space

 

[MrMaxwell]

I sincerely hope Apple does not expect tags to be so prominently displayed on luggage. Discrete, hidden and permanent attachment is needed or thieves will defeat long before they/luggage are found.

I was just thinking that - having your AirTag loosely fastened to the outside of your immaculate Rimowa suitcase is the worst place to attach it - mine is buried deep within my suitcase!

In general airlines seem to be very good with checked luggage these days and the only two times in 20yrs my bag has been lost was JFK (both times)

 

[Square-Eyes]

I have two little stories about airport luggage.

My only lost luggage event meant that my luggage was delivered to my door about two hours after I got home. Awesome service!

And then there was the very considerate Norwegian airport. Discovering a cherished penknife in our hand luggage they retrieved our checked-in suitcase so that we could put the penknife there rather than binning it.

These are examples 20 years ago. It’d be great to hear that such things can happen these days.

 

[usmaak]

I put an AirTag in each of my checked bags and then when I land, I can see if the luggage is at the airport. It's worked 100% of the time so far.

 

[ignatius345]

that's of course totally fine, for me, the wait to actually get your luggage isn't worth the "inconvenience" of "dragging" your luggage around airports (I use roller bags nowadays 😉),

Right. We're all using roller bags. I still find it a PITA to be roped to one, but to each their own.

having your AirTag loosely fastened to the outside of your immaculate Rimowa suitcase is the worst place to attach it - mine is buried deep within my suitcase

I keep mine inside my suitcase as well, but it's polycarbonite. I had always assumed an aluminum Rimowa would block the signal but apparently not?

 

[Hank001]

I keep mine inside my suitcase as well, but it's polycarbonite. I had always assumed an aluminum Rimowa would block the signal but apparently not?

https://www.reddit.com/r/Rimowa/comments/152o7oz/rimowa_w_apple_airtag

 

[svish]

Really good feature and can be very useful. Expecting a lot more airlines to join the list in the future.

 

[fondue_knight]

I always open Find My as soon as I land to make sure my luggage has arrived at the same airport as me.

 

[Marzzz]

Just a few points here-

-AirTags should of course be inside the suitcase; I have a bag that has internal zippers to access hardware if repair is needed, I have my AirTag velcroed in there so that it is not easy to find
-many airlines are now using scanners to track your luggage along the way; within their apps they will give you updates/notifications such as "your bags have been loaded on the plane," etc. It costs the airlines quite a bit to lose your luggage in time, effort and replacement costs, they don't want to lose it any more than you do
-even though airlines charge for checked baggage, if the flight is full enough they will ask for volunteers to check their bags for free if there is a concern about overhead space. And these bags tend to be "last on, first off" at the baggage carousel
-if you travel often enough, having a specific Airline Credit Card for booking gives you priority boarding, so that you can find overhead space
-those of you who pride yourselves in traveling light to avoid checking bags, we know you have your dirty underwear in your backpack, eeeew! 😂
-for the record, I am one of those who prefer to check their bags for trips longer than a weekend.

bon voyage!

 

[Hank001]

(...) we know you have your dirty underwear in your backpack, eeeew! 😂

Or people simply use the hotel dry cleaning service. Or the AirBnB washing machine. The options are endless.

 

[stevefeinstein]

I put an AirTag in each of my checked bags and then when I land, I can see if the luggage is at the airport. It's worked 100% of the time so far

This only works because people working near your bags have iPhones. Air tags to broadcast their location in any way other than being seen as an iPhone passes by. This blows my mind that we can get such detailed location tracking through the dark windy parts of an airport just because there are iPhones along the route from the plane to the carousel.