Originally Posted by
notquiteaff
Question about your photo: what are the green borders for? I know in the EU bags checked from one EU location to another have those markers to help customs identify bags that are coming from outside the EU and need customs processing. Is the green marker in the picture the same thing? And is it “turned off” when the tag is used for an AS trip, but conditionally enabled if the tag is used for, say, LH or KLM travel?
correct. When the Alaska bag tag is being used. They put black bars under the green stripes.
when from EU - the green bars are not blacked out say on LH.