Originally Posted by
Steve QFF
... She told me, even if she put that bag tag on it wouldnt do anything because the baggage handlers just scan the white airport code tag on the bags and thats how they sort it.
possibly it might make it easy for the handlers by seeing business class tags, Maybe the tags are just to satify us FF who fly J or F Class or are high FF. ...
Barcodes may be relevant to sorting bags when departing airports using but having colored tags can certainly make a difference at your destination.
I always tell the check-in agents this whenever I am fed this stuff about barcodes etc. (FWIW, In HKG, they use stick on transponder tags)