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Those traveling for the holidays with United Airlines and Air Canada can now create a shared AirTag tracking link with the airlines.
There's nothing more frustrating than waiting on the baggage carousel and discovering that your luggage is clearly missing. While most estimates put the rate of lost and delayed baggage at less than 1%, that's little consolation for those facing a missing-item tracking crisis.
Also, even if it's only 1%, that's still a significant number of people. In the United States alone, there are 2.6 million daily passengers, meaning that roughly 26,000 people lose their bags every day.
And it's not like airlines like losing your luggage, as it often results in a bit of a PR crisis.
Luckily, a new feature now available in iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, and macOS 15.2 on Mac allows customers to generate a “Share Item Location” link from the Find My app. The customer can then share this link with customer service, who can in turn help use the information to track down the lost item.
For security purposes, only a few people on the airline will be able to view the link, and recipients will be required to authenticate before viewing the location.
The sharing of the tag is not permanent, as it will be disabled once it is reunited with its owner. The sharing can also be stopped by the user at any time, and it automatically expires after seven days.
Currently, United Airlines and Air Canada are the only airlines that support the feature, but as TechCrunch notes, there are about 20 airlines that are poised to support the feature in the future, including:
- Aer Lingus
- Air New Zealand
- Austrian Airlines
- British Airways
- Brussels Airlines
- Delta Air Lines
- Eurowings
- Iberia
- KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
- Lufthansa
- Qantas
- Singapore Airlines
- Swiss International Air Lines
- Turkish Airlines
- Virgin Atlantic
- Vueling
There are no release dates for the above airlines. clear.
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