Alaska Airlines will let flyers use digital bag tags to save time and paper
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The tags include an e-paper display to show your flight info. | Image: Alaska Airlines Alaska Airlines says it's becoming the first US-based airline to roll out support for electronic bag tags, small programmable devices with e-paper displays that are designed to replace the paper tags currently in use. It plans to launch the new program in phases, and it'll initially be focused on San Jose airport in California. The airline will initially give out 2,500 of the tags for free to its frequent flyers from the airport in late 2022, TechCrunch reports, and they'll be available to purchase by Mileage Plan members next year.
Alaska Airlines intends for the tags to cut down on the amount of time its customers spend on flight admin at the airport. Rather than having to print a luggage tag in person, they can instead set up the...