Finding your lost carry-on bag may be faster if you fly on United or Air Canada.
That’s because the two carriers recently enabled Apple’s new Item Sharing feature, which allows travelers to share their AirTag location with the airline when items are lost.
Apple’s new feature, released Wednesday as part of iOS 18.2, allows users to share the location of an AirTag or other Find My-enabled item with airlines or third parties.
With this new flight integration, United or Air Canada can use the live tracking link to find lost or delayed bags much faster.
If your bag is mishandled, the airline will ask for an AirTag location sharing link, which you can generate directly from the Find My app on any iPhone, iPad or Mac.
You will copy the link and share it directly with the airline.
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Note that location sharing will end automatically as soon as you are connected to your wallet. Of course, you can also stop sharing the location at any time, and the link will automatically expire after seven days.
In addition, the entire process is end-to-end encrypted and anonymous, so no one else, including Apple or accessory manufacturers, can view the item’s location or information.
In addition to Air Canada and United, Apple will work directly with 16 other airlines in this merger. The full list is available below.
- Aer Lingus
- Air New Zealand
- Austrian Airlines
- British Airways
- Brussels Airlines
- Delta Air Lines
- Eurowings
- Iberia
- KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
- Lufthansa
- Qantas
- Singapore Airlines
- Swiss International Air Lines
- Turkish Airlines
- Virgin Atlantic
- Vueling
Additional airlines will be added over time, according to Apple.
“Now, Apple’s new Location Sharing feature will help customers travel with more confidence, knowing they have another way to access the exact location of their bags with AirTag or their optional Find My app. They can easily and securely share that with us through the United app, and and our team can use location information to locate a bag and match it with its owner as quickly as possible,” David Kinzelman, United’s chief customer officer, said in a statement.
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