A system and method track both passenger and baggage during passenger
trips, improving trip security, reducing lost baggage, allowing remote
baggage check-in and retrieval, and allowing billing and financial
transactions among system users. A passenger identification code (PIC)
identifies a passenger, a trip starting location, and both a carrier and
a final destination. A baggage identification code (BIC) is assigned to
each piece of a trackable baggage set. At the trip starting location the
PIC and BIC are wirelessly transmitted to an integrated travel
information system (ITIS) using a wireless electronic device (WED). At a
trip segment end the ITIS locates the baggage set and directs it to a
transportation vehicle located by the ITIS. The ITIS directs the
passenger to the transportation vehicle via a WED message. The WED
transmits an end-of-trip signal to the ITIS at the final destination.