Trivial subject: fragility of labels
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at 14:48 by DavidGordon10.
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DavidGordon10ParticipantI am fascinated by the varying fragility of luggage labels in different FF schemes. Why can they not be made to last a little longer?
Every year, my Eurobonus luggage labels fall apart first (a metaphor for the fragility of SAS, maybe?), followed by the British Airways EC labels – and the only one that survives to the year end is always Air France.
If an airline wants to use our flaunting of FF luggage labels as an advertisement, could they not make them last more than a few months?
25 May 2015
at 19:50
FlightlevelParticipantRemove the flat plastic connectors or buckles & replace them with plastic loops,they are much stronger,more flexible & don’t break tags!
26 May 2015
at 00:31
canuckladParticipantAnother reason that tags go missing is because there is a lucrative market for them.
My Air Canada commemorative Vancouver Olympics hockey tags “disappeared” whilst transiting T5 a couple of years ago !! I was gutted , but a lovely lady in AC’s marketing team managed to send me some Sochi ones as replacement.
And whole heartily agree with flightlevel, , the reason I know my AC tags were knicked is because they had the durable indestructible plastic loops .
26 May 2015
at 08:08
DavidGordon10ParticipantI am with you on the plastic loops, but my tags still gradually get cracked, bent and shattered. My briefcase at the moment has only its AF tag – all those Star Alliance flights remain without advertisement. Come on, SAS! Some strong Scandinavian plastic please!
26 May 2015
at 08:48
DavidGordon10ParticipantBest answer so far, icenspice!
I suppose we fondly imagine that airlines will treat us better if they see their label on our bag.
Maybe the bag tags are designed to fall apart in about one year, to stop us using old, out of date, ones.
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