My ipad is clocking up more miles than me

[albatross710]

On Monday 21st Nov I travelled BNE-MNL VH-QPB QF19. On Tuesday morning I couldn't find my iPad in my backpack. A quick look at Apple's FindMy showed that my ipad was actually in Sydney (bexley). I dutifully posted a message with my number to the ipad but it may not have worked as the pad was not connected to any wifi. At this time I am thinking maybe I had left it either on the domestic flight or in the QP Int.

In the afternoon of 22nd Nov I got another ping, this time my ipad was in BKK. I rang the BKK QF Lost Property. VH-QPB had operated QF23 that day

On the morning of 23Nov I got another ping, this time the ipad was back at T1 SYD with VH-QPB having operated QF24 overnight.

Looks like VH-QPB is on its way back to BKK today as QF23, now to try and get ahead.

I can't imagine where it would be on the aircraft, somewhere for safe keeping perhaps as it has survived 4 aircraft cabin cleans.

 

[Ade]

Definitely watching this thread ... seems to be another interesting news about devices travelling un-noticed on flights

I can't imagine where it would be on the aircraft, somewhere for safe keeping perhaps as it has survived 4 aircraft cabin cleans.

Do you have an iPad cover that the cleaning crew might mistake for diary/journal ? Or the iPad might have slid into one of the magazines and no one would notice unless they actually open the magazine?

Or it you were in one of the 787/330, the iPad is in one of the storage compartments and no one really looked into it?

The other wild guess I have is - someone from the cleaning crew found it and returned it to the airline and the airline staff gave it to the crew onboard, who put it away somewhere for safekeeping and forgot about it

 

[albatross710]

Do you have an iPad cover that the cleaning crew might mistake for diary/journal ? Or the iPad might have slid into one of the magazines and no one would notice unless they actually open the magazine?

I'm leaning towards this one. I'm recalling seeing a similar iPad sitting at the galley at the front of J although at the time didn't know I had missed mine.

For now I need to wait until QF ground staff start in BKK.

 

[eric2011]

Here's hoping the battery doesn't go flat, then you will never know where it is

 

[jpp42]

Here's hoping the battery doesn't go flat, then you will never know where it is

It can last months. It will shut down from running the active OS but still wake up enough to answer a ping from other iOS devices in the "Find My" network.

 

[Mattg]

This thread reminds me so much of @Rugby's iphone

Where’s Mrs Rugby’s iPhone (VH-QPA) now?

Qantas SYD Flounge phone number? 1651817259 It looks like Mrs Rugby left a phone in the lounge - anyone got an up to date phone number?

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

 

[Rugby]

This thread reminds me so much of @Rugby's iphone

Where’s Mrs Rugby’s iPhone (VH-QPA) now?

Qantas SYD Flounge phone number? 1651817259 It looks like Mrs Rugby left a phone in the lounge - anyone got an up to date phone number?

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

Me too

 

[madrooster]

Which seat were you seated in?

 

[albatross710]

Received a well timed ping this evening with QF24 taxiing at BKK. A quick flick to FR24 and there is QFA24 in the same position.

I did call BKK and got nowhere. Quite difficult to get onto someone that crosses into the operational domain.

Submitted a QF online form and let a recorded voice message. Hard to get into the real time.

 

[Mattg]

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Received a well timed ping this evening with QF24 taxiing at BKK. A quick flick to FR24 and there is QFA24 in the same position.

I did call BKK and got nowhere. Quite difficult to get onto someone that crosses into the operational domain.

Submitted a QF online form and let a recorded voice message. Hard to get into the real time.

Where (exactly) were you sitting on QF19?

 

[albatross710]

Looks like QPD had gone for maintenance this morning. That’s nice.

 

[albatross710]

And now it is found. Thanks to @madrooster and their contacts the iPad was found on board still safely tucked away in my original seat. It is now sitting in SYD Baggage Services tagged for my return in a few weeks.

This story has a happy ending.