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Travel & Airport English vocabulary · Check-in

Check in

Meaning in travel & airport english, with examples

/ˌtʃek ˈɪn/phrasal verbCore term

In travel & airport english, check in means: To show your ticket and passport and hand over your bags at the airport before a flight, or to register when you arrive at a hotel.

In Turkish: check-in yapmak, giriş işlemi yapmak, kayıt yaptırmak

How it is used

Used at airports and hotels. You check in online, at a desk or at a kiosk, and you check in your bags. Airlines tell passengers when check-in opens and closes. The noun is written check-in: check-in desk, check-in time, online check-in.

Example sentences

  1. We checked in online, so we only need to drop off our suitcase.

  2. You can check in at the hotel from 2 p.m.

  3. Check-in for this flight closes 45 minutes before departure.

Common collocations

  • check in online
  • check in at the desk
  • check in your bags
  • check-in time
  • check-in closes
  • online check-inChecking in for a flight on the airline's website or app before you reach the airport; it usually opens a day or two before departure.
  • check-in deskThe counter at an airport where airline staff check your documents, take your bags and give you a boarding pass.
  • bag dropA desk or machine at the airport where passengers who have already checked in online hand over their checked bags.
  • boarding passA card or mobile document you get after check-in that shows your name, flight, gate, seat and boarding time and lets you get on the plane.
  • check outTo leave a hotel at the end of your stay, returning the key and paying any extra charges at the desk or online.

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