Originally Posted by
InkUnderNails
If it is just to track the location of the bag and not to sort the bags, I'm OK with that. I just want the people sorting the bags to continue to read the tags and not depend on some scanner to get them on the right plane.
Why? Do you think that bags that are properly tagged get misrouted by automation at other airlines?
Also, with WN offering far more continuing flights than other carriers, I would imagine one specific benefit they'd get would be to catch the case where a bag that's supposed to be offloaded at an intermediate station mistakenly stays on the aircraft. I have no idea how often this happens, but WN would be particularly prone to it due to their schedule.