Firstly, we really have to thank God for guarding Elvis' luggage. They finally located it and delivered it to his Shanghai house last night - all the way from New York! Nothing missing, nothing is taxed. Heehee... ;)Initially we were sooo worried coz UA managed to locate his colleague's luggage shortly after she faxed over her "luggage tag" (the sticker that's issued when you check-in your luggage), but couldnt locate Elvis'.
Praise God that all's well now! And thank my sisters for helping to pray! Most importantly, I'll be getting my birthday gift! Yeah! ;D
Here's an article i found about ways to track luggages but it's dated April 1999 from The New York Times. I'm sure it's more advanced by now.
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"...Lost or delayed luggage costs up to $10 billion a year worldwide over all, according to industry estimates. But bag tags and boarding passes made with Bi statix technology could still be read even if they are folded, scuffed or ripped...Since new information can be encoded into fields on the tags, Bistatix boarding passes could track people just as easily as their bags. ''One could reserve selected fields for the original flight information, the intervening airlines that one might transfer to in the course of that trip and then the final destination -- all tied into system locator information,'' Mr. Krueger said.
That could result in fewer lost suitcases..."
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