{"id":409,"date":"2024-11-13T06:23:52","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T06:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/?p=409"},"modified":"2024-11-13T06:23:52","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T06:23:52","slug":"apple-will-soon-let-you-share-an-airtags-location-with-an-airline-and-it-might-make-lost-luggage-a-thing-of-the-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/2024\/11\/13\/apple-will-soon-let-you-share-an-airtags-location-with-an-airline-and-it-might-make-lost-luggage-a-thing-of-the-past\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple will soon let you share an AirTags location with an airline, and it might make lost luggage a thing of the past"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I wish this had come out months ago<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/kykLQ9cXsjXtdpaFoPqAUQ-650-80.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"A2830%20Battery for Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max\">Apple<\/a> will soon let you share an AirTags location securely with an airline<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>With several airlines onboard, the hope is to help sooner reunite lost baggage with an AirTag inside<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>&#8220;Share Item Location&#8221; will launch with iOS 18.2 later in 2024<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019ve ever had an airline lose your luggage,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/detail-Apple-1745309-A2866\">Apple<\/a>might have announced the best news possible. And this is one that I really wish had arrived months earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of iOS 18.2, which is expected to launch in December 2024, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/detail-Apple-1745309-A2866\">Apple<\/a> is giving AirTags and FindMy a significant upgrade that will likely be music to many ears. You\u2019ll now be able to securely share your AirTags location with a specific person, but more importantly, a business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/detail-Apple-1745309-A2866\">A2866 Battery for Apple iPhone 14 Pro<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With \u201cShare Item Location,\u201d you can easily and quickly generate a shared URL showing the AirTag&#8217;s location, a map, and the timestamp. Why is this so handy? Well, if you\u2019re already in the habit of having an AirTag in your luggage, and if it goes missing, you\u2019ll be able to share this URL with, say, an airline \u2013 like United or Delta, among others \u2013 in the hopes of getting it back sooner. The map viewable by the URL will be similar to seeing the AirTag\u2019s location within the FindMy app, and it can be accessed from a browser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/UfggBoNM6pik2WtDozmNo5-970-80.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>(Image credit: Apple)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact, \u201cShare Item Location\u201d is designed for a trusted person or an airline from the ground up, in that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/detail-Apple-1744075-A2850\">Apple<\/a> is working with many airlines to let a user share this link if a piece of luggage goes missing. Those airlines include United and Delta Airlines as well as Aer Lingus, Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Austrian Airlines, British Airways, Brussels Airlines, Eurowings, Iberia, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Lufthansa, Qantas, Singapore Airlines, Swiss International Air Lines, Turkish Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, and Vueling as of the time of writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/detail-Apple-1745310-A2830\">A2830 Battery for Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As someone whose luggage has been lost, having an airline better equipped to handle and understand an AirTag and the location it pings will be leagues better. The goal here is that the AirTag\u2019s location, as well as technology that airlines already have in place, can help to end lost luggage \u2026 or at least make it a faster return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>David Kinzelman, United\u2019s chief customer officer, said in a statement, \u201cWe know many of our customers are already traveling with AirTag in their checked bags, and this feature will soon make it easier for them to share location information with us safely and securely, helping our customer service agents work more efficiently and giving our customers added peace of mind. We plan to accept Find My item locations in select airports initially, with the goal of introducing the service systemwide in early 2025.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s great that United is taking the time to integrate \u201cShare Item Location\u201d and the data it will bring into its systems. When this launches in early 2025 for the carrier, they\u2019ll likely be inundated with questions. Delta is similarly excited about the new solution and hopes that it can close the gap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beyond individual airlines prepping for this launch of \u201cShare Item Location,\u201d SITA, which runs the global baggage tracing system WorldTracer, is working to build out support for the feature. Considering it\u2019s used at over 2,800 airports around the world, this is good news in the quest to reunite baggage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"analysis-this-is-a-win-for-customers-3\">Analysis: This is a win for customers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ayXVQE78V3JyecRCZ6YwAh-970-80.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>(Image credit: United Airlines\/Apple)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the biggest frustrations I had when my luggage went missing was that I could see where it was thanks to the AirTag inside, but that also meant I could tell when it was going somewhere that was the complete opposite of what a customer service representative would tell me. I could not share my AirTag\u2019s location outside of screenshots; I just spoke to them or wrote it up in an email. It was frustrating as I had the information and could see my baggage moving the wrong way while I was told something completely different from the airline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I truly don\u2019t think this feature can roll out soon enough, and while I\u2019d give the same hope as I do when recommending an AirTag is that you\u2019ll never have to use it to track down your lost luggage, at least the airlines will be better equipped to reunite you even sooner. So yes, if AirTags go on sale again for Black Friday 2024, you should get one for every piece of luggage you own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wish this had come out months ago If you\u2019ve ever had an airline lose your luggage,Applemight have announced the best news possible. And this is one that I really wish had arrived months earlier. As part of iOS 18.2, which is expected to launch in December 2024, Apple is giving AirTags and FindMy a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/2024\/11\/13\/apple-will-soon-let-you-share-an-airtags-location-with-an-airline-and-it-might-make-lost-luggage-a-thing-of-the-past\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Apple will soon let you share an AirTags location with an airline, and it might make lost luggage a thing of the past<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apple-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":410,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409\/revisions\/410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}