Originally Posted by
planes&trains
My iPad (in the lost bag) was showing LAX as its location for over two weeks and then disappeared (probably battery drain). Never came back to life. That is why I was hopeful I would get the bag back, as it was at the airport the entire time I could trace my iPad.
Did you tell them this? I know you didn't want to claim the ipad, but the fact of the matter is that you have a unique object inside the bag that you can trace back to yourself. What makes it unique? The serial number! Additionally, the fact that "find my ipad" had it pegged in LAX for two or so weeks lessens the chance of it actually being a bad location fix.
One time there was a green tagged bag that was allowed to fly through to our station. The way I found out about the owner was a greeting card she kept with her bag. If it wasn't for that I'm sure she would have never seen her bag again.