- The airline recently produced an electronic luggage tag that travelers can update themselves with a smartphone and re-use over and over.
- The proposed electronic tags will have two small e-ink screens showing the bag's destination and a corresponding barcode with more flight details.
- Using an app, passengers will be able to wave their smartphone over it and automatically input their destination via NFC. After that, it just needs to be scanned by an airline worker at the check-in desk, which British Airways believes will be faster than the usual method of printing out a fresh tag right there.
- Rather than receiving a new tag for every time they travel, passengers just keep the same one and update it for the next trip. They can even personalize it with different colors or other decorations, which could help them distinguish their bags from others at the baggage claim.
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