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Fearing lost luggage, more and more travellers are putting electronic tracking devices on their suitcases. For one Ontario couple, it didn't help them get their belongings back.
Worried about the airline losing your luggage on your next trip?
More and more people are putting electronic tracking devices on their bags just in case. It’s what one Ontario couple did, but it didn’t help them get their belongings back any faster.
Nikita Rees-Wilson and her husband enjoyed a honeymoon in Greece last fall. Like many, they returned home without any luggage.
“We did our due diligence,” Rees-Wilson said. “We filed all the paperwork, we filed the missing baggage claim.”
The couple tracked their baggage with AirTags. They watched as it sat in Montreal for roughly a month before being shipped out to a facility in Etobicoke.
“We got really excited because we’re like ‘oh it’s coming back to Toronto, it’s going to go to a processing facility, this is awesome,'” Rees-Wilsons said.
However, their suitcases remained there for more than three months.
They called Air Canada countless times but did not get help retrieving their bags. That’s when they got the police involved. Officers got a warrant to search the Etobicoke storage facility.