A Reddit user claiming to be an airline employee is warning travelers about the possibility of being scammed when it comes to their printed bag tags.
Posted in the "r/delta" forum on Reddit, the message is titled, "Toss your bag tags at home."
The Reddit user claimed to be a "baggage claims manager." The individual wanted to "let everyone know to please start discarding your bag tags at home."
"We are getting an influx of fraudulent claims being submitted for ‘missing items’ as these people are observing who is removing their luggage tags in the claim areas and using your information to submit claims for reimbursement," the user claims.
The post continued, "From my own personal experience [of] currently dealing with this, it is causing issue[s] with reimbursing the real people if they submit a legitimate claim."
"So please be careful and don’t take your tags off at the airport," the person concluded. "They can steal enough information from that to use your travel itinerary to get paid."
Many flight passengers took to the comments section to debate whether this could be possible — sharing their own thoughts.
"Clearly my strategy of forgetting to remove the tag until it’s time for my next trip is paying off," commented one user.
Another agreed, saying, "I actually leave my tag on my bag until my next trip myself."
"I always tossed them at home, not because I'm conscious [of it] but I'm kinda forgetful," one Redditor wrote.
Another flyer said, "Japan had secured bag tag...
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