Originally Posted by
xPositor
As all bags (or at least, their labels) are, I assume, scanned multiple times as they pass on their travels from leaving you to their safe collection, its a shame that the airlines, BA included, don't offer a tracking facility like UPS, TNT etc do. That way you could check at push back whether or not your bag had joined you on the same flight or not...
using tracking facilities to warn an OP at arrival that the bag did not came together on the same flight is definetly an improvement. But being able to see in real time where a bag is should be considered as a security risk. Traveling on very tight connections simpley to ensure the bag will not make it and having the ability to track the bag on a flight your not on is dangerous. Same reason why bags are offloaded if the passenger is not on the flight.
either the bag flies with the OP on the same flight or the OP is not aware where the bag is.
but again. It would be great if, at arrival, any OP can see in MMB if a bag made it or not.