The disclosure includes a method and system for checking in baggage of a passenger. The method includes receiving a passenger name record (PNR) number of a confirmed itinerary for a flight on an airline carrier. The passenger's luggage items can be picked up from the passenger's location and transported to another location such as a processing or storage location for the luggage item. A simulated baggage source message (SBSM) compatible with International Air Transport Association B-Type messages can be generated using information from itinerary so that the passenger's luggage items can be checked in outside or inside of a regulated check-in window. The PNR number can be a temporary unique identifier for use in the SBSM.

The disclosure includes a method and system for checking in baggage of a passenger. The method includes receiving a passenger name record (PNR) number of a confirmed itinerary for a flight on an airline carrier. The passenger's luggage items can be picked up from the passenger's location and transported to another location such as a processing or storage location for the luggage item. A simulated baggage source message (SBSM) compatible with International Air Transport Association B-Type messages can be generated using information from itinerary so that the passenger's luggage items can be checked in outside or inside of a regulated check-in window. The PNR number can be a temporary unique identifier for use in the SBSM.

The disclosure describes a method and system for luggage management involving electronically acquiring an originating International Air Transport Association (IATA) bag tag number from a luggage item's bag tag associated with an originating travel carrier. The method recycles the IATA bag tag number that would otherwise be discarded as a unique identifier to query a database for an expanded or universal baggage source message (UBSM) that enumerates a passenger's travel path or itinerary to off-airport locations. The method and system accommodate various modes of travel and lodging entities and provide capabilities to track the location of passenger's luggage, transport the luggage to specific locations enumerated in the travel itinerary of the passenger such as a hotel room or cruise ship cabin, and update the UBSM of the current status and location of the luggage in off-airport locations.

The disclosure describes a method and system for luggage management involving electronically acquiring an originating International Air Transport Association (IATA) bag tag number from a luggage item's bag tag associated with an originating travel carrier. The method recycles the IATA bag tag number that would otherwise be discarded as a unique identifier to query a database for an expanded or universal baggage source message (UBSM) that enumerates a passenger's travel path or itinerary to off-airport locations. The method and system accommodate various modes of travel and lodging entities and provide capabilities to track the location of passenger's luggage, transport the luggage to specific locations enumerated in the travel itinerary of the passenger such as a hotel room or cruise ship cabin, and update the UBSM of the current status and location of the luggage in off-airport locations.

The disclosure includes a non-transitory computer readable medium containing instructions, when executed by a processor, that operate to check in baggage of a passenger. The operations include electronically acquiring, by at least one electronic acquiring device, an originating hardcopy bag tag identifier (OP-BTI) associated with or printed on a printed bag tag from an originating airline travel carrier that is on a luggage item of a passenger. This creates a digital BTI data record linked to the airline travel carrier. The operations include utilizing, by at least one processor, the OP-BTI as a unique identifier to query a database to retrieve return flight data of the passenger. Operations further include checking in, by the at least one processor, each luggage item for the passenger for the return flight with a return flight travel carrier identified in the retrieved return flight data.

The disclosure includes a non-transitory computer readable medium containing instructions, when executed by a processor, that operate to check in baggage of a passenger. The operations include electronically acquiring, by at least one electronic acquiring device, an originating hardcopy bag tag identifier (OP-BTI) associated with or printed on a printed bag tag from an originating airline travel carrier that is on a luggage item of a passenger. This creates a digital BTI data record linked to the airline travel carrier. The operations include utilizing, by at least one processor, the OP-BTI as a unique identifier to query a database to retrieve return flight data of the passenger. Operations further include checking in, by the at least one processor, each luggage item for the passenger for the return flight with a return flight travel carrier identified in the retrieved return flight data.

When attending an event at a venue, the attendee typically presents ticket information that is scanned by a venue scanner. The process associated with scanning can be dispensed with, which can improve attendee experiences, reduce costs associated with managing a venue, as well as other advantages. For example, instead of scanning a ticket at a point of ingress to the venue, a device of the user can self-scan the ticket, and then present indicia that indicates this process has occurred. The indicia can be presented to a guest services representative, who can verify that a valid ticket was redeemed by merely observing the indicia and without scanning.

Provided is a system and method for security screening, the method including: matching, by at least one of at least one processor, a passenger name of a passenger in a baggage source message (BSM) with a passenger name in a manifest, wherein the BSM comprises travel data of a first mode of travel of a luggage item of the passenger on an air carrier; extracting, by at least one of the at least one processor, an International Air Transport Association (IATA) license plate number from the BSM for the luggage item; accessing, by at least one of the at least one processor, security screening image and related data captured during a first mode of travel security screen of the luggage item using the IATA license plate number; displaying, by at least one of the at least one processor, a graphical user interface (GUI) on a display device to analyze the screening image and related data; and obtaining via a scanning device, by at least one of the at least one processor, a mark representative of the analysis result in response to scanning an IATA license plate barcode affixed to the luggage item, wherein the analysis result is representative of one of: a security compliance of the luggage item to cross a border or to transfer to a second mode of travel, and a non-security compliance of the luggage item.

Provided is a system and method for security screening, the method including: matching, by at least one of at least one processor, a passenger name of a passenger in a baggage source message (BSM) with a passenger name in a manifest, wherein the BSM comprises travel data of a first mode of travel of a luggage item of the passenger on an air carrier; extracting, by at least one of the at least one processor, an International Air Transport Association (IATA) license plate number from the BSM for the luggage item; accessing, by at least one of the at least one processor, security screening image and related data captured during a first mode of travel security screen of the luggage item using the IATA license plate number; displaying, by at least one of the at least one processor, a graphical user interface (GUI) on a display device to analyze the screening image and related data; and obtaining via a scanning device, by at least one of the at least one processor, a mark representative of the analysis result in response to scanning an IATA license plate barcode affixed to the luggage item, wherein the analysis result is representative of one of: a security compliance of the luggage item to cross a border or to transfer to a second mode of travel, and a non-security compliance of the luggage item.

The disclosure describes a method for luggage management involving electronically acquiring an originating hardcopy bag tag identifier (OP-BTI) from a luggage item's bag tag associated with an originating travel carrier. The method uses the OP-BTI as a unique identifier to query a database for expanded baggage information messages that enumerate a passenger's travel path using a different mode of travel from the originating travel carrier. This process includes checking in a luggage item for the passenger using information from the expanded baggage information messages. The method accommodates various modes of travel and lodging entities, and it includes different acquiring devices for the OP-BTI, such as scanning or radio-frequency communication.