Manifest creation using optical character recognition

A system for facilitating check-in of a luggage item of a passenger, the system comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one non-transitory, tangible memory communicatively coupled to the at least one processor, the at least one memory storing at least one instruction,
• wherein the at least one processor is configured to execute the at least one instruction to:
• a) cause at least one of the at least one processor to obtain image data representative of at least one image of printed passenger information associated with an airline travel carrier on an originating hardcopy bag tag or a printed instrument having at least a portion of the passenger information on the originating hardcopy bag tag to create digital passenger information (DPI) data record linked to the airline travel carrier, wherein the originating hardcopy bag tag is issued for the luggage item of the passenger, and wherein the DPI data record comprises machine-encoded text of an International Air Transport Association (IATA) license plate number,
• b) cause at least one of the at least one processor to access, using the machine-encoded text of the IATA license plate number from a computer system associated with the airline travel carrier, a B-type message comprising a passenger name record (PNR) number of the passenger,
• c) cause at least one of the at least one processor to retrieve, using PNR data associated with the PNR number, check-in information of a return flight of the passenger with a designated return travel carrier, and
• d) cause at least one of the at least one processor to check-in, during a check-in window, a return luggage item, a passenger, or a combination thereof, with the designated return travel carrier based on the retrieved check-in information for the return flight.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored therein, which when executed by at least one processor cause the at least one processor to execute a method of facilitating check-in of a luggage item of a passenger, the method comprising:

• a) obtaining, by at least one of at least one processor, image data representative of at least one image of printed passenger information associated with an airline travel carrier on an originating hardcopy bag tag or a printed instrument having at least a portion of the printed passenger information on the originating hardcopy bag tag to create a digital passenger information (DPI) data record linked to the airline travel carrier, wherein the originating hardcopy bag tag is issued for the luggage item of the passenger, and wherein the DPI data record comprises machine-encoded text of an International Air Transport Association (IATA) license plate number;
• b) accessing a B-type message comprising a passenger name record (PNR) number of the passenger, by at least one of the at least one processor, using the machine-encoded text of the IATA license plate number from a computer system associated with the airline travel carrier;
• c) retrieving check-in information of a return flight of the passenger with a designated return travel carrier, by at least one of the at least one processor, using PNR data associated with the PNR number;
• and
• d) checking in during a check-in window, by at least one of the at least one processor, the luggage item, the passenger, or a combination thereof, with the designated return travel carrier based on the retrieved check-in information for the return flight.