FF tags on your briefcase...do you?
 

These are often the butt of jokes, looked upon as a flaunting elitism, or even of arrogance. But, do you attach a set of airline or hotel tags to your briefcase, backpack or whatever contains your essentials? (I don't mean checked luggage or even roller bags.)

I start the thread based on two TV series episodes that ran last night.

On THE SAPRANOS, Tony walks off with someone else's briefcase (and wallet) and only discovers it the next day...leading to an absurd "dream" episode of hillucinations trigged by his shooting in the season opener by his uncle, Junior. Now had either party had FF tags on the case...

Then on THE WEST WING, one of the presidential contenders, Matt Santos, leaves his briefcase in a hotel meeting room, where it is found by the chief strategist of his opponent, Alan Alda. Here too, no FF ID tags make the story line "plausible".

So, back to the question:

Do you attach a set of your elite tags to these "satchels" that hold some of the most valuable items in your life?

I do, always have, going back to the days of AC's and CP's invitation-only enRoute Club and Kanata Club (before the days of the FF programs) respectively. Then there was the discrete red dot that was used to identify members of InterContinental's Six Continents Club, to be stuck on one's other FF tag.

With so many programs in which I hold elite status (like most here, four or five), I tend to pare mine down to the main FF program in which I'm an elite, plus my main hotel program. I also add any particular programs I may be using on a given trip, though this happens infrequently. Or just the nicest looking one... Those reg Red Carpet Club tags back in the 80s were very nice. (Up here AC changes the design of their tags each year, some years better than others.)

Yup!

Delta One Million Mile (Old blue design)
Delta Two Million Mile (Gold Medallion design)
Delta Platinum Medallion (Current small black design)

Why?

Not an idea on earth other than either a bad habit or good luck...of which I know not :D

Best,

Joel

Nope, never have.

Sure do.
In this day and age of hurry up and wait it is possible to slip up and forget something. This is just another way to be carefull, plus I have bumped into a couple of FT'rs who saw my tags.
Kinda fun meeting someone with similar insanity traits :p


I recall an incident pre 9/11 at where I spotted a breifcase with several name tags which had been left behind. The GA paged the person and all was well in the end and nobody had to "look inside".

I am missing almost all of the FF tags that I received over the years. I have the usual covered business card tag on every piece of luggage I use and I have FT Priority tags on them as well.

No. I have a plain name tag on my bag.

I have my PL PM tag and DL Priority tag on my briefcase and backpack. On one bag I have my DL PM & GM tag because my daughter (who is now 5.5yrs old) liked it like that.

My 5 year old has all sorts of airline tags on her backpack, she has DL PM, GM, SM, an SWA "Wright Is Wrong" tag, a DL Priority tag, a UA heavy tag, a Star Alliance Priority tag, a VS Upper Class tag and she had me laminate her NW FF card and attach it on. She may have my old DL CRC tag on there as well.

Yep, if my little girl ever loses her backpack in an airport it should be easy to find the owner and return it.....esspecially because it has her Bear in it (spitting in four directions and throwing salt over my shoulder that she never loses that bear anywhere).

I do find the most useful tag on my briefcase is the blue one which reads "White House Press" with the seal of the White House on it. It has oddly enough been moreuseful at times with the TSA than my actual press credentials which are issued by various federal agencies, major police departments and the united nations. I get stopped often because of the contents of my backpack (lots of camera gear). You'd think a photo ID with a hologram would be more useful than a luggage tag, eh?

I put the FT tags on my bags, with a name/address sticker, as kind of a test. No one has noticed or commented as yet--but the bright yellow does make the checked bag a bit easier to locate.

never have and never will...

I put the tag of the airline / alliance I am flying that day. For a number of reasons.

Firstly, the hand baggage police - occassionally on BA having a Silver tag on there can ward off those who decide your bag would fit better in the hold ;) Secondly, on the off chance I might end up leaving my bag somewhere I'd hope some kind soul would return it to a BA rep or whoever I may be flying that day. I have too much faith in the human race ;)

I have an FT tag and my company tag on there.

I have been stopped by other FT'ers on many occasions as well as the occasional comment from an FA or pilot.

I put my FT tag on my hand luggage.
Until now , nobody has ever noticed or stopped by for a chat.

michael

for me it's the same on my briefcase, 22' travelpro and travelpro expandable duffle:

f/t "yellow tag"
travelpro luggaage tag w/my personal business card ("banker, hockey player, poet") inside
SEA_Tigger's f/t-ua luggage tag

made my day
 

I was walking into the lobby of my hotel in Singapore and an EXTREMELY gorgeous young lady goes by and says "hey FT'er, good to see you all the way over here" and promptly disappeared into the Orchard Road crowd. She was way gone before I realized she had seen my tags.

Anyway, at my age, it made my day!

mike

is this the truth? :)