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Unaccompanied baggage

Meaning in travel & airport english, with examples

nounCommon term

In travel & airport english, unaccompanied baggage means: Baggage transported separately from its owner, either under a shipping arrangement or because they travel on different flights.

In Turkish: refakatsiz bagaj

How it is used

Shipping services use the term for separately sent belongings. Airline operations also use it when baggage travels without its owner on that flight.

Example sentences

  1. We sent the large cases as unaccompanied baggage before flying with only small backpacks.

    The separation from the traveller is arranged in advance.

  2. The office asked for an inventory of the unaccompanied baggage arriving next week.

    A separately transported consignment may have its own documentation.

Common collocations

  • send unaccompanied baggage
  • unaccompanied baggage shipment
  • 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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