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Old Nov 17, 2010 | 5:32 pm
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Originally Posted by stravels
Where is the scanning done? The green tags were in a container on the counter in PDX. I took one and put it one my bag, which I carried to the plane and loaded on the baggage cart. There was a baggage handler there, but I didn't see a scanner.

For connecting flight at LAX I asked if I needed a new tag and was told no.
They have hand held scanners on the ramp. I believe they scan the tags as the bags are going up the conveyor belt into the plane.
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