Priority tags are constantly getting ripped off on purpose
Sep 19, 2019, 2:00 am
#1
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Priority tags are constantly getting ripped off on purpose
I thought this was a one off occurrence, but my Priority tags (First) are getting ripped off when I fly J and Y. This has happened on the last 4 out of 5 flights. Haven't flown F in the last couple of months. The last flight really pissed me off as I had to wait over 45 minutes for my bag to be delivered along with the non priority bags. out of 2 bags, one was ripped off. So there is no consistency.
As a Plat, one of the perks is priority handling and delivery of luggage, irrespective of class of travel.
Anyone else experience this, and does anyone have the inside on why this is being done. Seems extremely odd - do they have personnel tearing off tags??? it surely was there at check in.
As a Plat, one of the perks is priority handling and delivery of luggage, irrespective of class of travel.
Anyone else experience this, and does anyone have the inside on why this is being done. Seems extremely odd - do they have personnel tearing off tags??? it surely was there at check in.
Sep 19, 2019, 4:10 am
#3
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I thought this was a one off occurrence, but my Priority tags (First) are getting ripped off when I fly J and Y. This has happened on the last 4 out of 5 flights. Haven't flown F in the last couple of months. The last flight really pissed me off as I had to wait over 45 minutes for my bag to be delivered along with the non priority bags. out of 2 bags, one was ripped off. So there is no consistency.
As a Plat, one of the perks is priority handling and delivery of luggage, irrespective of class of travel.
Anyone else experience this, and does anyone have the inside on why this is being done. Seems extremely odd - do they have personnel tearing off tags??? it surely was there at check in.
As a Plat, one of the perks is priority handling and delivery of luggage, irrespective of class of travel.
Anyone else experience this, and does anyone have the inside on why this is being done. Seems extremely odd - do they have personnel tearing off tags??? it surely was there at check in.
Sep 19, 2019, 4:45 am
#4
Join Date: Feb 2017
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Except if the airport has a baggage handler involved somewhere in the baggage handling process, they can't read the barcodes but can colour and text identify the bag priority. Lack of tag might cause them to think a system error occurred, and then the bag is manually relocated to low priority bins. Airlines could probably save a respectable amount on not using priority tags if the information is hardcoded, so if they are still being issued then that suggests the tags still serve a useful purpose.
Sep 19, 2019, 4:46 am
#5
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Sep 19, 2019, 5:00 am
#6
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They're first out and tags aren't ripped off, the two don't necessarily correlate, however, as the priority information is also contained in the barcode, and more importantly, priority tagged bags are loaded into a separate container for priority delivery, the sorting of priority bags doesn't occur at the destination airport.
Sep 19, 2019, 5:14 am
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Last year when I flew WLG-SYD in J (EK codeshare with QF) then SYD-BKK in F my two bags were not loaded into a Priority Container in SYD.
This was confirmed by EK ground staff after all the priority luggage had arrived.
When they did eventually arrive priority labels had been removed.
I compained to EK and received 15,000 Emirates CASA Goodwill Miles.
This was confirmed by EK ground staff after all the priority luggage had arrived.
When they did eventually arrive priority labels had been removed.
I compained to EK and received 15,000 Emirates CASA Goodwill Miles.
Sep 19, 2019, 6:53 am
#8
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This tag ripping issue has been discussed in another thread. Although I have never experienced it (flying any class), I would be curious to see if there's a pattern based on the point of origination.
Sep 19, 2019, 8:09 am
#9
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Sep 19, 2019, 8:26 am
#10
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Last week arriving in J in CPT, my bag still wearing the blue 'Business' tags, arrived in between the zillions of bags of the 'unwashed'.
For the record, origin was LGW.
And I'm Gold as well, so priority on two counts.
First time this happened to me.
For the record, origin was LGW.
And I'm Gold as well, so priority on two counts.
First time this happened to me.
Sep 19, 2019, 8:33 am
#11
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I thought this was a one off occurrence, but my Priority tags (First) are getting ripped off when I fly J and Y. This has happened on the last 4 out of 5 flights. Haven't flown F in the last couple of months. The last flight really pissed me off as I had to wait over 45 minutes for my bag to be delivered along with the non priority bags. out of 2 bags, one was ripped off. So there is no consistency.
As a Plat, one of the perks is priority handling and delivery of luggage, irrespective of class of travel.
Anyone else experience this, and does anyone have the inside on why this is being done. Seems extremely odd - do they have personnel tearing off tags??? it surely was there at check in.
As a Plat, one of the perks is priority handling and delivery of luggage, irrespective of class of travel.
Anyone else experience this, and does anyone have the inside on why this is being done. Seems extremely odd - do they have personnel tearing off tags??? it surely was there at check in.
Sep 19, 2019, 11:20 am
#13
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I've been flying solo....so I'm the only passenger on the PNR. I'm going to write to EK and see what's the reason. By the way, on my flight back from IAH I did see other bags too with the tags ripped off. Very weird. there has to be some mechanism / reason in doing this. Im curious.
Sep 19, 2019, 11:32 am
#14
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I've been flying solo....so I'm the only passenger on the PNR. I'm going to write to EK and see what's the reason. By the way, on my flight back from IAH I did see other bags too with the tags ripped off. Very weird. there has to be some mechanism / reason in doing this. Im curious.
Sep 19, 2019, 11:35 am
#15
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Three weeks ago, my outbound flight in F, my bags were literally the first off. The return flight was in Y. The red tags were on the bags but they came out with the rest of Y bags (travelled solo).
I'm flying Y on friday so will report back how it goes.
I'm flying Y on friday so will report back how it goes.