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 ...

Those pesky, flapping luggage tags are already a thing of the past for some airlines, but not everyone is onboard for the all-digital checked-bag revolution, and some have met fliers halfway by ...

Alaska Airlines passengers can skip the line at the baggage check counter with the airline’s electronic bag tag program launch. This makes Alaska Airlines the first airline in the United States to use ...

Imagine yourself checking in for a flight. But instead of standing in a long check-in line or fumbling with a printed label, your bag updates itself digitally, and you drop it off in seconds.

Iberia claims to have become the first airline to allow passengers to download and print luggage tags from its website. Passengers attach the tags by folding the printed page into quarters and ...

Under the guise of making check-in as seamless a process as possible, airlines have strived to put as much in the hands of the passenger as possible. The baggage-drop has been the one sticky area that ...

A electronic luggage tag that Alaska Airlines will begin offering as part of a pilot program this fall. (Alaska Airlines Photo) Smart travelers have all sorts of tips and tricks for saving time and ...

is a reporter with five years of experience covering consumer tech releases, EU tech policy, online platforms, and mechanical keyboards. Alaska Airlines intends for the tags to cut down on the amount ...

Travelers who rely on mobility devices may find a more streamlined check-in process at American Airlines after the carrier rolled out automatic device tags across its network. Previously, tags for ...

American Airlines has rolled out automatic device tags across its network. The new tags include more specific data about the mobility devices. The airline said the new tag system will make it easier ...