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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Travel
Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent

Travellers turn to Bluetooth bag trackers after ‘summer of lost luggage’

Pile of suitcases near the conveyor belt
Schiphol in the Netherlands is one of the airports that has had issues with luggage mishandling. Photograph: Remko de Waal/EPA

A coin-sized piece of consumer electronics proved the surprise hit of the summer with travellers.

After a spring of surging insurance claims and widespread images of piled-up baggage, many will have felt some trepidation at seeing their suitcase whisked into the maw of the airport baggage system.

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