Originally Posted by
NoTiersForMe
Yes -- I too wonder if 001 [or other early seq] has any *practical* benefit to pax, beyond the obvious sense of awe-inspiring personal achievement documented here already. Why bother even printing it on the BP if it doesn't have any value to anyone from a customer service point of view?
NTFM
Just a short explanation of the seq. Nr. function: They are also printed on each baggage label besides you destination and the flights used.
Therefore it simplifies the sorting of baggage in a case of a no show even if you are in an environment which uses other types of letters, like the chinese language. Therefore the loader can also search for your (passenger) number.
Just think off the times were the baggage labels weren´t printed by a computer printer. So they just wrote in the flight number, date, destination and a pax number on the label.