| Checking of Baggage |
Don't check in at the last minute. Even if you make the flight, your bag may not.
Carrier will check the baggage of a fare-paying passenger when tendered at the airport office of Carrier in advance of flight departure time as prescribed by the Carrier. Airlines usually begin accepting baggage for check-in two hours before scheduled departure time. While we are unable to hold baggage for longer periods of time, many airports have storage lockers for rent.
When checking luggage, allow sufficient time for it to be placed on your flight. Baggage checked less than 20 minutes before scheduled departure at curbside or at the ticket counter will be tagged with a Late Check-In Tag. Although every effort will be made to get late checked baggage on your flight, in the event your baggage does not arrive with you at your destination, the carrier may not assume delivery charges to get your baggage to you.
 When you've checked your luggage, make sure you receive a separate claim check for each piece of baggage you've checked. Check to make sure that the city shown on the claim check(s) matches your final destination. Don't throw them away until your bags are returned. Not only will you need them if a claim is necessary, but you may need to show them to security upon leaving the baggage-claim area. Don't leave them in the seat-pocket on the airplane.
Know where your bags are checked to. They may be checked only to one of your intermediate stops rather than your final destination if:
- you must clear Customs short of your final destination, or
- you are taking a connecting flight involving two airlines which don't have an interline agreement (e.g., Southwest Airlines does not transfer bags to other carriers).
Carrier will not check property so tendered to a point:
- Beyond the destination indicated on a passenger's ticket.
- Beyond a point at which the passenger desires to resume possession of his/her baggage.
- On a flight, unless accompanied by the passenger.
- Carrier will not hold and check baggage for future flights.
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