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I'll throw in some context to get the natives restless...
With 180 bikes being held “hostage,” Ironman steps in to help athletes get bikes from TriBike Transport - Triathlon Magazine Canada

Personally, I'd watch that movie. I don't feel like it would do well at the box office though.

Maybe if they get a good actor, it will work ;)
I'm thinking Liam Neeson, Taken.

Do you need to have an Apple phone for the air tags to work? And also do you need someone with an Apple phone to be close to the air tag for it to work? My understanding is that you could have an air tag in your bike box but it wouldn't be activated unless an airport worker had an apple phone close by. Is that true? And what can you use if you have a Samsung phone?

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That clears things up a bit. Slimy.

Thats my understanding regarding air tags. I've been using Tiles in my luggage for years and they seem to work well. They're essentially the same thing, they're just not native to iOS.

Re how they work, I am on Samsung, but my wife is a deviant with Apple stuff. So we've got Airtags in all our suitcases. Means that she can find any bag through her iPhone. And as you say, the Airtags just need the bag to be vaguely near any iPhone in the world. So if no-one in your immediate family has one, they aren't useful as you can't find your thing without an iPhone. But, when I am travelling alone, then if the bag is late from the carousel then my wife will just send me an update by whatsapp as to where it is.

There are tile (phone agnostic) and Samsung tags, but both of those are more 'opt in' and so have way way less phones globally looking for your 'thing'.

The only downside of the airtags if you don't have an iPhone is that they make a beeping noise once every 24 hours when nudged to let you know someone is tracking you. Initially it's annoying until you realise to just move the bag out the way of where you may kick it as you walk past.

This.

I have a tile in my suitcase and it works great.