Originally Posted by
eternaltransit
Sounds much more like an inexperienced agent - J ticket = J tag at least. Luckily though, the sorting system generally uses the barcode from memory, so hopefully the bag will still in the right container on the plane/handled properly.
Isn't this the point? The tags are just to make people feel important and special. It's the bar code which determines where the bag goes and thus how it is fed to the carousel on arrival.