Optical character recognition of bag tag

A 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:
• receive passenger information associated with an airline travel carrier that is printed on an originating hardcopy bag tag or a printed instrument comprising at least a portion of the passenger information on the originating hardcopy bag tag that is currently garbage, wherein the originating hardcopy bag tag is issued for a luggage item of a passenger,
• create a digital passenger information (DPI) data record linked to the airline travel carrier using the received passenger information, wherein the DPI data record comprises an International Air Transport Association (IATA) license plate number, a passenger name record (PNR) number, an airline code, an airline name, a name of the passenger, or any combination thereof,
• access passenger return flight information from a computer system associated with the airline travel carrier, based on the DPI data record to obtain the passenger return flight information needed to process each luggage item in a volume of luggage items within a time-constrained regulated check-in window, and
• cause a printing device to print a return leg travel IATA bag tag for a return flight associated with the passenger return flight information.

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 comprising:

• receiving, by at least one of at least one processor, passenger information associated with an airline travel carrier that is printed on an originating hardcopy bag tag or a printed instrument comprising at least a portion of the passenger information on the originating hardcopy bag tag that is currently garbage, wherein the originating hardcopy bag tag is issued for a luggage item of a passenger;
• creating, by at least one of the at least one processor, a digital passenger information (DPI) data record linked to the airline travel carrier using the received passenger information, wherein the DPI data record comprises an International Air Transport Association (IATA) license plate number, a passenger name record (PNR) number, an airline code, an airline name, a name of the passenger, or any combination thereof;
• accessing, by at least one of the at least one processor, passenger return flight information from a computer system associated with the airline travel carrier, based on the DPI data record to obtain the passenger return flight information needed to process each luggage item in a volume of luggage items within a time-constrained regulated check-in window;
• and
• printing, by a printing device, a return leg travel IATA bag tag for a return flight associated with the passenger return flight information.