Patent ID: 11881057
Assignee: nan
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 15:
16. A method for facilitating check-in of a passenger having a first luggage item, the passenger traveling to and from a destination, the method comprising:
a) 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 carrier that is on the first luggage item of the passenger to create a digital BTI data record linked to the originating airline carrier;
b) accessing, by a processor, a B-type message containing a passenger name record (PNR) number of the passenger using a unique identifier representative of the digital BTI data record from a computer system associated with an originating airline carrier;
c) retrieving, by the processor, check-in information of a return leg of travel of the passenger with a designated return travel carrier using information associated with the PNR number; and
d) checking in, by the processor, the passenger with the designated return travel carrier based on the retrieved check-in information, during a check-in window.