By Lindsay Rogers It’s been a banner year for mishandled baggage, enough to make you never want to check a bag again. In fact, some airlines are even advising against it or, alternatively, straight up refusing to do it. But in the midst of all the brouhaha, Alaska Airlines has emerged with a solution to a problem rather than, well, just a problem. Last week, Alaska announced that it would become the first U.S. airline to launch an electronic bag tag program, which will begin its rollout later this year. In lieu of printed bag tags, passengers will be able to activate their respective electroni…