- An American Airlines passenger lost his wallet with an Apple AirTag inside it in January.
- The airline told Lewis it could not find his wallet, but eventually found the AirTag lodged under a seat.
An Apple AirTag recently had an unexpected journey around the country, traveling to dozens of cities in the span of just a few days, according to the tracking device's owner.
American Airlines passenger John Lewis tweeted last month that he lost his wallet with an Apple AirTag inside while aboard a flight to Fort Lauderdale. Though he said the airline was not able to locate the wallet, the AirTag continued to display a location, and Lewis claimed he watched the tracker travel to at least 35 different cities.
Upon contacting American Airlines, Lewis said he was informed that crews had cleaned the plane, but did not find his wallet. He told Insider in an email that his wallet was never found, though the airline told him the AirTag was discovered lodged in between the cushions of a seat.
According to Lewis, one of his credit cards was used in the same city where he got off the plane, which indicated to him that the wallet was taken.
"Now it's time to cancel all my cards and get some new IDs," Lewis said in a follow-up video posted to Twitter.
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Lewis said he realized he left the wallet behind when he went to rent a car after landing in Fort Lauderdale and immediately called the airline about the lost wallet. He took the blame for forgetting his wallet in the video, and said he was in a rush to get off the plane and through the airport after his flight was delayed.
American Airlines did not immediately respond to Insider's request to comment.
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Lewis's AirTag adventure is the latest in a recent string of similar incidents involving the device, as one couple recently reported tracking their lost luggage for months before learning it had briefly been donated to charity by the Air Canada before it was returned to the couple.
In another incident last month, a professional poker player aired his displeasure over lost luggage by telling viewers of a live broadcast of a poker tournament to "Never fly on Lufthansa airlines."