The amount of times I’ve seen the same Wenger carry on case Tesco did a deal on ~6 years ago confirms that!

Decent set for the money right enough

This for me too. Generally travel HBO, so I've found it helps

You incorrectly conflate my casting judgment with caring. I don't care in the slightest as it doesn't have any impact on me, rather I'm just commenting that in my experience the venn diagram of people who tend to act rather douchey at airports and those with heaps of bragtags has considerable overlap.

I'm sorry if I'm rustling a few feathers, but I always grin when I see airline FFC baggage tags especially in the cabin. Too me it screams look at me!!! As for checked baggage there is so many ways to add a unique identifier hold baggage.
John

I have no doubt that many frequent flyers use their airline bag tags as a means of flaunting status. And I don't understand why, because travelling more frequently with a specific airline is no indication of actual, real world status: it doesn't mean that you're wealthier, more intelligent, nicer or better looking than someone without a shiny tag. (In fact, I have noticed a very definite inverse correlation between number of tags on show and hotness :) .)

Wouldn't that just be because on average, status tends to positively correlate with age, which in turn correlated negatively with hotness?

The last time I flew down from MAN to LHR a few weeks ago, one of the other pax in CE had one of those BA electronic bag tags attached to his cabin baggage.

It wasn't displaying any sort of barcode (it was dangled right in front of me as the person took something out of the bag before hoisting it into the overhead bag bins) but just said 'viewtag' on it.

I really did think what is the point of it, then concluded that he must have spent money on it so he wanted the rest of the CE cabin to know that fact.

I don't know if it trumped the usual bronze/silver/gold BAEC tags or not, but I was quite satisfied with my 99p anonymous plain metal tag I bought as a set of 3 on a local market which has given me a few years of satisafactory service.

While on the topic of airline baggage tags, does anyone else like the ones from CX which are metal? (Or metallic)

BA send em I use em, both to identify my baggage and my BA status, I have zero expectation the latter does anything but have noticed they will generally pass me by when looking for bags to chack at the gate.

Don't really understand why it's a thing.......

We use luggage tags on luggage that is checked in. Has name and exec number so just a help in case main tag is damaged or misplaced. In 11 years on constant flying with BA my luggage has never been delayed or lost. However the tags do get mangled quite regularly and need replacing frequently.

One time we put mrs firstlights silver tag on a suit carrier bag with some expensive dresses in taken onboard as hand luggage and hung up in the locker This saved our life when we forgot it at the end of a flight and so did the crew. It was in BA service area at baggage reclaim as we got there. So using it on hand luggage can also be a good idea although it can also be seen as a DYKWIA action.

The Schipol Privum ones have a nice metallic chain also.

Good old-fashioned FT Luggage tags work wonders in such situations.

Less convinced about the new-fangled ones ;)

I had no choice last time I replaced my case. The answer is to decorate it very tastefully in duct tape.
My black and white checkerboard tape is round the handles plus a couple of other areas.

Back to luggage tags - never bother on checked luggage - just put name, flight and contact no on a piece of paper - job done.
I will continue to swan around with my silver tags on my cabin bags, seeing as BA did not send me any bronze ones. I have on more than one occasion left my bag - which was returned in a timely manner due to the BAEC tags.

I like your style :)

I know a number of individuals who, despite dropping in tier, continue to display their old tags. I don't think that's OK...