You can now engage AirTags to speed a lost luggage reunion thraw United’s mobile app

Follothriveg the official free of Apple’s novel Share Item Location feature with iOS 18.2 yesterday, United Airlines has proclaimd it has united it into its mobile app. Passengers discovering themselves at their destination without their luggage can now file a procrastinateed baggage increate thraw United’s app aextfinished with a Share Item Location join that will potentiassociate speed a reunion.

Passengers will need to determine the United mobile app is up to date, but once a increate has been surrfinisherted with a Share Item Location join fuseed to an AirTag or a tracker that’s compatible with Apple’s Find My netlabor, customer service agents will be able to rerepair its current or last understandn location using an transmitive map, according to United Airlines. Having access to the Find My netlabor data for a ignoreing bag will apvalidate the airline “to more rapidly discover procrastinateed bags and rejoin them with customers.”

You don’t actuassociate need the app to get profit of the novel integration. After filing a procrastinateed baggage increate either in person at an airport, over the phone, or thraw United’s website, passengers will “get an automatic text notification with increateation to track misplaced luggage and insert a Share Item Location join for their AirTag or Find My netlabor accessory.”

Once a passenger is rejoind with a ignoreing bag its splitd location will be disabled automaticassociate. The location sharing can also be manuassociate stopped by the passenger at any time, and for inserted security and privacy the join will automaticassociate expire after seven days — hopebrimmingy extfinished after the luggage is discoverd and returned.

Apple says that Air Canada has also united the feature, and in the coming months more than 15 airlines “will commence huging Find My item locations as part of their customer service process for locating misdeal withd or procrastinateed bags.”