ski-air travel stories

[MarzNC]

Article with basic info about how Air Tags can be useful for traveling. I've been using two lately. One that is in my backpack and another in checked luggage.

Have been using one AirTag long enough that I got the Low Battery warning.

March 19, 2025

Why You Should Travel with Apple AirTags - SeniorsSkiing.com

AirTags are brilliant little tracking devices a little bigger than a quarter, which integrate easily with Apple’s Find My App. Every piece of luggage you travel with – including your skis – should have one, to tell you exactly where it has been left behind by an airline, tour bus, forgotten by...

seniorsskiing.com

 

[EMSC]

Air Tags can be useful for traveling. I've been using two lately.

I'm not an Apple guy so instead bought the Samsung equivalent after looking up Samsung market share in Europe for my latest trip. No baggage issues fortunately, but Samsung has ~35% of the market there and I did check where it got pinged/mapped and the Smart Tag 2 seems usable in Europe.

 

[jamesdeluxe]

For those of us with Chase United credit cards, big changes were announced yesterday. Here are details about the United Explorer card, the most popular one -- its yearly fee is increasing to $150 along with alleged better benefits.

Yesterday at my local Chase, they pitched me on a Sapphire card, which is staying at $90 and currently offering a 100,000-point bonus (that can be converted into FF miles); however, it doesn't include the United-specific benefits -- a free checked-in bag, lounge passes, priority boarding -- so I'm taking it under advisement.

 

[MarzNC]

For those of us with Chase United credit cards, big changes were announced yesterday. Here are details about the United Explorer card, the most popular one -- its yearly fee is increasing to $150 along with alleged better benefits.

Sounds similar to the Delta AMEX card. I just got one for a trip to Switzerland (not skiing). Plus with Southwest becoming more like a standard major airline, I might start considering the Delta non-stop flight from my home airport to SLC.