Originally Posted by
MatthewRob
The tags themselves only support 2 connections and final destination, but I flew MEL-SYD-LAX-MIA-MCO and they just put 2 tags on, no manual tagging so had
via SYD
via LAX
via MIA
on one tag and just
MCO on the other
FWIW the bags got stuck in MIA, but think this was due to short connection and MIA is a bag vacuum in general!
It was just as probable that it was because you had two tags on it that caused the problem.
The airport bag system uses lasers to read the bagtags , if it gets conflicting information (such as two bag tags with different final destinations) it sends the bag to a run off area where it waits for the airport operator to collect the bag and deliver it (eventually ) to the right airline. This happens when agents forget to remove your old tag before applying the new one.