Originally Posted by
Cathay Boy
Flying out of ORD and they are wrapping a luggage tag on your carry-on (similar to checked bag tag) and it's written on there that "please keep it on for duration of flight" or something like that. Green, Blue, Red colors. Ask the agent why is this needed and she acted like I insulted her. Anyway, another weird CX addition as no one checks the tag nor I don't know why they insist everyone has it.
Is HKIA doing this as well?
This has been going on at HKIA as long as I've been flying from there (about 5 years). The sole job of the ladies in front of security (right before the guys who verify your name on the ticket) is to eyeball if the carry-on is too big. If it is, you must have an orange tag, and CX attaches them with green (Y), blue (J) or red (F) bands, otherwise they won't let you in. The airlines can at their discretion give those tags out.