A system and method of remote check-in using optical character recognition of a bag tag is provided, the method including: a) obtaining, by at least one of at least one processor, image data representative of at least one image of printed passenger information associated with an airline travel carrier on an originating hardcopy bag tag or a printed instrument having at least a portion of the printed passenger information on the originating hardcopy bag tag to create a digital passenger information (DPI) data record linked to the airline travel carrier, wherein the originating hardcopy bag tag is issued for a luggage item of a passenger, and wherein the DPI data record comprises an International Air Transport Association (IATA) license plate number, a passenger name record (PNR) number, an airline code, an airline name, a name of the passenger, or any combination thereof; b) accessing, by at least one of the at least one processor, passenger return flight information from a computer system associated with the airline travel carrier, based on the DPI data record; c) autonomously creating, by at least one of the at least one processor, a passenger manifest record based on the DPI data record and the passenger return flight information, wherein the passenger manifest record comprises data for check-in with a designated return travel carrier of a return leg of travel of the luggage item, the passenger, or a combination thereof; and d) repeating a)-c) for a plurality of passengers beginning a stay associated with a lodging entity and autonomously forming a manifest file.

Provided is a system and method of operating an airport security screening assistant using a flight manifest, the method including: obtaining, by at least one of at least one processor, a baggage source message (BSM) associated with an arrival of a luggage item of a passenger, the BSM including travel data of a first mode of travel of the luggage item on an air carrier; matching, by at least one of the at least one processor, a passenger name of the passenger in the received BSM with a passenger name in a flight manifest; extracting, by at least one of the at least one processor, an International Air Transport Association (IATA) license plate number from the BSM; based on matching the passenger name in the BSM with the passenger name in the flight manifest, triggering, within at least one of the at least one processor, a security screening integration assistant (SSIA) process including accessing and assembling security screening image and related data captured during a first mode of travel security screen using the IATA license plate number and communicating the assembled security screening image and related data to an integrated security screening station; receiving, by at least one of the at least one processor, a response of a security analysis from the integrated security screening station; and causing, by at least one of the at least one processor, a printer device to print a marker configured to bypass security screening, wherein the marker includes the results of the security analysis.

Provided is a system and method of optical character recognition of a bag tag, the method including: a) obtaining, by at least one of at least one processor, image data representative of at least one image of printed passenger information associated with an airline travel carrier on an originating hardcopy bag tag or a printed instrument comprising at least a portion of the printed passenger information on the originating hardcopy bag tag to create a digital passenger information (DPI) data record linked to the airline travel carrier, wherein the originating hardcopy bag tag is issued for a luggage item of a passenger, and wherein the DPI data record comprises an International Air Transport Association (IATA) license plate number, a passenger name record (PNR) number, an airline code, an airline name, a name of the passenger, or any combination thereof; b) accessing, by at least one of the at least one processor, passenger return flight information from a computer system associated with the airline travel carrier, based on the DPI data record; and c) printing, by a printing device, a return leg travel IATA bag tag for a return flight associated with the passenger return flight information.

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 invention presents a method for luggage handling processes for passengers on return travel. The process includes acquiring, by an acquiring device, an originating bag tag identifier (O-BTI) or International Air Transport Association (IATA) license plate associated with a bag tag affixed to a luggage item of the passenger. This O-BIT is used to create a digital BTI data record linked to the travel carrier. The method includes printing, by a printing device, a return leg travel IATA-formatted bag tag for a return flight linked to the originating printed bag tag. Additionally, the method may remotely check in the passenger for the return flight by accessing a B-type message using the digital BTI data record, the B-type message containing a passenger name record (PNR) number.

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 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 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.

The disclosure describes a method and system for luggage management involving simulated baggage information messaging. Disclosed systems may include a processor and a memory storing instructions cause the at least one processor to: check in a luggage item of a passenger with a flight; and generate a simulated baggage information message using a passenger name record (PNR) number as a temporary unique identifier. The simulated baggage information message may be compatible with IATA B-Type messages. Additionally, the system may assign, by a remote simulated Departure Control System (DCS), an International Air Transport Association (IATA) compatible bag tag number that has a non-flying airline carrier code configured to be processed through an airline baggage handling system. Additional systems may populate the simulated baggage information message with the assigned bag tag number and merge the simulated baggage information message with an airline baggage source message associated with the checked in luggage item.

Provided is a system and method of facilitating check-in of a luggage item of a passenger. the method includes: a) obtaining, by at least one of at least one processor, image data representative of at least one image of printed passenger information associated with an airline travel carrier on an originating hardcopy bag tag or a printed instrument having at least a portion of the printed passenger information on the originating hardcopy bag tag to create a digital passenger information (DPI) data record linked to the airline travel carrier, wherein the originating hardcopy bag tag is issued for the luggage item of the passenger, and wherein the DPI data record includes machine-encoded text of an International Air Transport Association (IATA) license plate number; b) accessing a B-type message including a passenger name record (PNR) number of the passenger, by at least one of the at least one processor, using the machine-encoded text of the IATA license plate number from a computer system associated with the airline travel carrier; c) retrieving check-in information of a return flight of the passenger with a designated return travel carrier, by at least one of the at least one processor, using PNR data associated with the PNR number; and d) checking in during a check-in window, by at least one of the at least one processor, the luggage item, the passenger, or a combination thereof, with the designated return travel carrier based on the retrieved check-in information for the return flight.