AirTag shows bizarre journey of woman’s lost suitcase
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‘Are you at McDonald’s?’ AirTag reveals the bizarre journey of a woman’s lost suitcase after New Year’s flight: following her back and forth between an apartment block and food outlets
- Valerie Szybala, who lives in Washington DC, was able to see exactly where her luggage was after she says it was not returned to her after a flight.
- He claimed in a Twitter thread that United Airlines lost his luggage and suitcase and then went on a strange journey before he finally tracked it down.
- AirTag told him the luggage was at a residential apartment complex, but the bag was also taken on two apparent trips to food establishments.
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A flight passenger who used a real-time tracker to find her lost bag went viral on social media after reporting mysterious luggage movements.
Valerie Szybala, who lives in Washington DC, was able to see exactly where her luggage was thanks to an AirTag, after it was not returned to her, she says, after a United Airlines flight over New Year.
In a series of tweets, a frustrated Szybala turned detective, documenting the whereabouts of her luggage while her phone was updated; Her Apple tracking device first located him near the dumpster in a residential apartment block.
A post about the extraordinary journey of a lost suitcase went viral on Twitter, with 20.5 million views. Flight passenger Valerie Szybala, who lives in Washington DC, posted how her suitcase had ended up in “a dumpster” on a residential block after she said United Airlines failed to return it.
The thread, which began on New Year’s Day afternoon, took a more bizarre turn when she recounted that her black suitcase had been taken to two food outlets before being returned to the same residential block.
Szybala was finally reunited with the suitcase after visiting the apartment block and bailing out the case herself.
She wrote on Twitter along with a photo of her own luggage and apparently another basket case: “My Apple AirTag shows that it has been in a residential apartment complex for more than a day.” In the back, next to the dumpsters, I found other empty United Airlines bags.
Apple’s tracker showed the case in motion… and Szybala assumed he was headed home… but after a brief stay at a food joint, he returned to the apartment block where AirTag had first located him.
Szybala claims that United Airlines had initially told her that her luggage was “safe” and that it would be returned to her through a delivery distribution center.
After realizing it was in transit when she checked her phone, she assumed the case was on its way back to her.
However, after what seemed like a half-hour stop at a grocery store, he returned to the same residential block where he had originally been placed.
Explanation? Szybala, left, was not convinced by the message from the delivery hub employee, right, about what had happened to the case.
He also shared a photo of another case, suggesting that a fellow traveler had experienced the same ordeal.
Reunited… but only after Szybala went to the apartment block herself and retrieved the bag.
The thread, now viral and currently with 20.5 million views on Twitter, saw Szybala write: ‘IMPORTANT UPDATE: For the first time since Friday, my AirTag (and hopefully luggage) appears to be on the move…? is it in a McDonalds? The plot thickens…’
However, he quickly followed up with: ‘My AirTag luggage has left McDonalds and returned to the apartment complex where it is being held hostage!’
By yesterday, Monday, the frustrated flight passenger had been reunited with her luggage, but only thanks to her own tenacity.
After traveling to the residential block, her ‘wild ride’ came to an end when a resident of the complex helped her retrieve the bag.
She wrote: ‘Wow this has been one wild ride! I am happy to report that I got my bag back!!! I will provide more details and lessons learned later. For now, I want to say thanks for all the support and thank the residents of the building and the local news crews who came to help =).’
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