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Travel & Airport English vocabulary · Luggage & Baggage Problems

Lost luggage

Meaning in travel & airport english, with examples

nounCore term

In travel & airport english, lost luggage means: Bags 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.

In Turkish: kayıp bagaj

How it is used

Reported at the lost luggage or baggage services desk before leaving baggage claim. Staff fill in a Property Irregularity Report (PIR) and give a reference number for tracking the bag. Airlines separate delayed bags, which arrive later, from bags that are truly lost.

Example sentences

  1. Where is the lost luggage desk? My suitcase didn't come out.

  2. The airline found my lost luggage in Munich and delivered it to the hotel the next day.

Common collocations

  • report lost luggage
  • lost luggage desk
  • lost luggage claim
  • delayed baggage
  • baggage claimThe area of an airport, after passport control, where checked bags come out on moving belts and passengers collect them.
  • damaged baggageA suitcase or bag that is broken, torn or dented when you collect it after a flight, for example with a missing wheel or handle.
  • 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.
  • lost and foundA place, office or service where items that people have left behind are kept until their owners collect them.

More terms: Luggage & Baggage Problems

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