Pursuits
Passport, Money, AirTag? Why Luggage Woes Are Back
More travelers have trackers this summer, pressuring airlines to keep up.
Unclaimed luggage at Los Angeles International Airport in December.
Photographer: Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images
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After returning to New York from Oslo in late May, Harley Hendrix noticed her suitcase containing a cherished Alexander McQueen dress had been diverted to Copenhagen.
Also rotting in Denmark: packs of cheese that Hendrix had stuffed into the suitcase to bring back home. While she hadn’t visited Copenhagen, Hendrix knew the bag was there because, like many people these days, she had tucked an AirTag inside. Delta Air Lines Inc. first told her it was at John F. Kennedy International, then Dallas. But the tracker was pinging from Denmark.