Patent ID: 11881057

Abstract:
The invention presents a method and system for check-in processes for passengers on return travel. The method involves, after arriving at a destination, electronically acquiring 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 a luggage item of a passenger to create a digital BTI data record linked to the originating airline carrier. The process involves accessing a B-type message using a unique identifier representative of the BTI data record from a computer system associated with an originating airline carrier linked to information of a passenger name record (PNR). The process includes retrieving check-in information of a return leg of travel of the passenger with a designated return travel carrier using information associated with the PNR, and checking in the passenger with the designated return travel carrier using the retrieved check-in information, during a check-in window.