System and method for creating a luggage manifest

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:
• a) 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 comprising at least a portion of the 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 being issued for a checked-in luggage item of a passenger and 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,
• b) access passenger return flight information from a computer system associated with the airline travel carrier, based on the DPI data record, and
• c) check in the luggage item, the passenger, or a combination thereof for a return flight with a designated return airline travel carrier associated with the accessed 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:

• a) obtaining, by at least one of the 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 comprising at least a portion of the 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 a checked-in luggage item of a passenger, and 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, or a name of the passenger, or any combination thereof;
• b) 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;
• and
• c) checking in, by at least one of the at least one processor, the luggage item, the passenger, or a combination thereof for a return flight with a designated return airline travel carrier associated with the accessed passenger return flight information.