Alaska Airlines has made electronic bag tags available to elite Mileage Plan members, with a broader rollout planned in the first half of this year. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop). Walking into ...

There are times when you see an idea and want to hug someone for coming up with it. That's what we thought when we saw the new self-tag option from Alaska Airlines. The carrier launches its online ...

Given the current state of the worldwide aviation industry, checking a bag may not be the best idea right now. But sometimes you don’t have a choice and soon, at least if you’re flying Alaska Airlines ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There's a new scam happening at airports that uses your discarded airport bag tags ©Image Credit: Unsplash.com / Dimitri ...

A permanent digital luggage tag being tested by British Airways could help make temporary tags obsolete and speed up the check-in process. The 2.95 billion adhesive luggage tags that airlines now ...

Expensive travel bags should do more than look good, and German high-end luggage manufacturer Rimowa would seem to agree. The company has developed an electronic luggage tag which displays baggage ...

More airlines are passing off the tagging of luggage to travelers, which can be tracked by smartphones. Photo: Getty For decades, fliers have checked their bags the same way: hand them to an airline ...

United Airlines on Friday quietly rolled out self-service bag-tagging at Chicago O’Hare airport. In the tradition of pumping your own gas and bagging your own groceries, Chicago-based United will ...

A permanent digital luggage tag being tested by British Airways could help make temporary tags obsolete and speed up the check-in process. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ...