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Short-check

Meaning in travel & airport english, with examples

verbCommon term

In travel & airport english, short-check means: To check baggage only as far as an intermediate point rather than the final destination.

In Turkish: bagajı ara noktaya kadar kaydetmek

How it is used

Used at bag drop when discussing the collection point; airlines may not allow every short-check request.

Example sentences

  1. I asked whether they could short-check my suitcase to the city where I would spend the night.

    The request limits the bag's tagged journey to an intermediate stop.

  2. The bag was short-checked, so I collected it before the final flight.

    The passenger must collect a bag when its checked journey ends early.

Common collocations

  • short-check a bag
  • short-checked baggage
  • 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.
  • connecting flightThe second or later flight you take to reach your destination when there is no direct flight, after changing planes at another airport.

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