Self-transfer

How it is used

Booking sites use this label; check bag collection, fresh check-in and airport changes in the itinerary.

Example sentences

1. Our self-transfer required us to collect the suitcase and check it in again upstairs.

   The passenger handles baggage between bookings instead of assuming automatic transfer.

2. I rejected the self-transfer because the second flight left from another airport.

   A self-managed connection can include substantial travel on the ground.

Common collocations

• self-transfer itinerary
• allow time for a self-transfer

Related terms

• connecting flightThe second or later flight you take to reach your destination when there is no direct flight, after changing planes at another airport.
• missed connectionA situation in which you arrive too late for your connecting flight or train, usually because the first part of the journey was delayed.

More terms: Delays, Cancellations & Connections

• delay
• cancel
• layover
• gate change
• rebook
• compensation
• overbooked
• transit
• ETA
• stopover
• minimum connection time
• rolling delay