Bag tags: should I just throw them in the bin?
Aug 22, 2014, 5:57 am
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If they're big enough and bright enough then they may be perfect for my look. If so I can start wearing my BA tags on my belt loops or as earrings for when out shopping (the Waitrose comment gave me a great idea) ^.
Aug 22, 2014, 6:20 am
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I use my w****r tags to scrape the ice off my cars. I'd be horrified to have one on my bag. My occasional forays into Galleries Club and First Lounge suggest that Silver travellers are proportionately much more likely to have them on hand baggage than Golds, and it's rare to see any tags at all in the Concorde Room.
Aug 22, 2014, 6:58 am
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Not sure why there's so much hatred on this thread.
BA provides luggage tags and I use them. So I can identify my black suitcase on the belt without having to tie brightly coloured ribbon (or something equally bad) to it.
It's nothing to do with snobbery.
BA provides luggage tags and I use them. So I can identify my black suitcase on the belt without having to tie brightly coloured ribbon (or something equally bad) to it.
It's nothing to do with snobbery.
Aug 22, 2014, 7:11 am
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Agreed - they are luggage tags and help in differentiating your luggage from all the other similar luggage on the conveyor belt. They do break quite easily though.(both the plastic itself and the leather strap) I find it is best to attach them to the top of you luggage rather than the side as they seem to last longer.
Aug 22, 2014, 7:17 am
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Agreed - they are luggage tags and help in differentiating your luggage from all the other similar luggage on the conveyor belt. They do break quite easily though.(both the plastic itself and the leather strap) I find it is best to attach them to the top of you luggage rather than the side as they seem to last longer.
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Aug 22, 2014, 7:54 am
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As did every other rust-card holder...
#nongoldproblems
Aug 22, 2014, 8:01 am
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Thank you - only found out about the site a couple of months ago - it came up in a search when I was looking about researching Gold Jokers and what they meant.
Aug 22, 2014, 10:15 am
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I don't use tags on checked-in luggage. The baggage system is highly likely to rip them off if sticking out even a couple of centimetres.
Aug 22, 2014, 11:13 am
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I like this idea, and may just use it...need something to help identify my very generic black suitcases from the masses on the belt.
Aug 22, 2014, 11:20 am
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A proper Ambassador will be along to greet you eventually, but our main Ferrero Rocher Man (Corporate-Wage-Slave) is a bit busy right now
Aug 22, 2014, 11:32 am
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Welcome scillyisles
A proper Ambassador will be along to greet you eventually, but our main Ferrero Rocher Man (Corporate-Wage-Slave) is a bit busy right now
Agreed - they are luggage tags and help in differentiating your luggage from all the other similar luggage on the conveyor belt. They do break quite easily though.(both the plastic itself and the leather strap) I find it is best to attach them to the top of you luggage rather than the side as they seem to last longer.
Aug 22, 2014, 11:51 am
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AF gave us some tags which I once attached to our checked luggage....that was the last I ever saw of them. Even the one I had on my cabin bag snapped in half after getting caught in the handle.
AF/KL tags have improved immensely over the years but I would never attach them to my checked in bags. We tie some Tartan/Argentine flag coloured ribbon on our cases to make them easier to spot and normal luggage labels for ID purposes.
AF/KL tags have improved immensely over the years but I would never attach them to my checked in bags. We tie some Tartan/Argentine flag coloured ribbon on our cases to make them easier to spot and normal luggage labels for ID purposes.
Aug 22, 2014, 12:19 pm
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HIDDY ... i find the BA paper ones on elastic string remarkably robust. I have some tie-ons that have done 10+ trips ... I know that, because I always apply a computer label with the Booking Reference and my name to the BA label.
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