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Couple Used Apple AirTag to Track Luggage, Found It Was Donated to Charity
https://www.pcmag.com/news/couple-used-apple-airtag-to-track-luggage-that-was-donated-to-charityCouple Used Apple AirTag to Track Luggage, Found It Was Donated to Charity
After a months-long hunt that involved the police and endless wrangling with Air Canada, the newlyweds found out their bag had been donated to a charity.
By Marco Marcelline
February 5, 2023
A newly married Canadian couple found out their luggage had been donated to a charity after a months-long search that involved the police, endless wrangling with Air Canada, and an AirTag.
Honeymoon returnees Nakita Rees and Tom Wilson, who documented their ordeal through TikTok updates(Opens in a new window), lost their luggage after being told to recheck it on a connecting flight in Montreal. As Business Insider reports(Opens in a new window), they found out their Apple AirTagged luggage was still in Montreal after landing in their home province of Ontario.
What followed was a months-long hunt that led them to find out their luggage had been donated to a charity by Air Canada, the airline they had flown with.
In a statement to CBC(Opens in a new window), Air Canada said: "This customer travelled late in the summer at a time when all air carriers in Canada were still recovering from the COVID-related, systemic disruption of the entire air transport industry. One consequence was an elevated rate of baggage delays."
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After a months-long hunt that involved the police and endless wrangling with Air Canada, the newlyweds found out their bag had been donated to a charity.
By Marco Marcelline
February 5, 2023
A newly married Canadian couple found out their luggage had been donated to a charity after a months-long search that involved the police, endless wrangling with Air Canada, and an AirTag.
Honeymoon returnees Nakita Rees and Tom Wilson, who documented their ordeal through TikTok updates(Opens in a new window), lost their luggage after being told to recheck it on a connecting flight in Montreal. As Business Insider reports(Opens in a new window), they found out their Apple AirTagged luggage was still in Montreal after landing in their home province of Ontario.
What followed was a months-long hunt that led them to find out their luggage had been donated to a charity by Air Canada, the airline they had flown with.
In a statement to CBC(Opens in a new window), Air Canada said: "This customer travelled late in the summer at a time when all air carriers in Canada were still recovering from the COVID-related, systemic disruption of the entire air transport industry. One consequence was an elevated rate of baggage delays."
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