Originally Posted by
izint
Used my airtags last year to hawaii and and it worked out pretty for knowing the the luggage was with the plane.
But when waiting at the luggage area, it didn't show up until it was about to be out of on the conveyer belts. They do give me some piece of mind knowing that I at least have a chance of tracking it if it went missing, vs that not being an option at all
But there is another possibility; even if you don't see the bags when you get off the plane, at least they are (I hope) no longer currently somewhere else. When I land, I always check the last time the bag was seen. If it was shortly before take-off, fine, the bag will likely turn up. If it has been seen at the departing airport a few minutes ago, I go directly to the delayed luggage queue.