It appears there was a MASSIVE disconnect between baggage and people, bags are ending up all over the place even though the people never left.
It’s got to be less power than the phone uses to stay in contact with the towers.
Although the airline app has always been accurate it's cheap insurance if a bag isn't properly scanned or something.
It's been great. My luggage missed a connection in december, when I arrived at the destination I could instantly see that it still was at the other airport. So while the others were waiting for the bags, I could already file a complaint (at the nearly empty complaints queue). Then three hours later I could see bag movement to the tarmac and knew that my bag cought the next flight.
Also, when in a city, it's a lot of fun to say: bring me back to my bag instead of looking up the hotel address.
For anyone with an iphone & checked bags I can really recommend it.
I think this is a great idea though and I didn't even think about "bring me back to my bag" - that's awesome :)