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Baggage claim

Meaning in travel & airport english, with examples

/ˈbæɡɪdʒ kleɪm/nounCore term

In travel & airport english, baggage claim means: The area of an airport, after passport control, where checked bags come out on moving belts and passengers collect them.

In Turkish: bagaj alım alanı, bagaj bandı

How it is used

Screens in baggage claim show which belt (carousel) a flight's bags will arrive on. British airports often say baggage reclaim. If a bag does not appear, passengers report it at the baggage services desk in the same hall.

Example sentences

  1. Bags from the Rome flight will arrive at baggage claim, belt 7.

  2. We waited at baggage claim for forty minutes, but my suitcase never came.

Common collocations

  • baggage claim area
  • baggage claim belt
  • go to baggage claim
  • baggage reclaim
  • checked baggageBags you hand over at check-in or bag drop; they travel in the hold of the plane and you collect them at baggage claim after landing.
  • lost luggageBags that did not arrive with you at the end of a flight, or that the airline cannot find; many turn up later and are delivered to you.
  • arrivalsThe part of an airport or station where passengers come out after their journey and where people wait to meet them.
  • luggage tagA label attached to a bag: either the airline's printed tag with a barcode and destination code, or your own tag with your name and contact details.

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