It has been noticed. I flew to SAT a few weeks ago and what do you know my bag was literally the LAST one off. I then complained to myself about how this is outragous to have to wait an extra 45min for you bag. I then looked at my bag and what did I see, NO elite tag. It was ripped off on both sides of the barcode. The part between the adhesive bar code was still intact but the other parts of the elite tag were ripped off.