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Check-in Procedure

Check-in procedures may vary from country to country and may depend on whether your flight is a domestic, an international, or an intercontinental flight. On domestic flights in e.g. North America luggage is checked at the airline’s check-in counter, while passenger check-in for their flights at the departure gate. On most international and intercontinental flights both luggage and passengers are checked-in at the check-in counter. There may be exceptions on passengers traveling with hand-luggage only, who may obtain their boarding pass at the gate after having checked in by phone or electronically.

Don't check in at the last minute. Even if you make the flight, your bag may not. If you miss the airline's check-in deadline, the carrier might not assume liability for your bag if it is delayed or lost. Customers presenting themselves for check-in at e.g. the departure gate less than 10 minutes before scheduled departure will lose their confirmed reservations and will not be eligible for denied boarding compensation.

We recommend that all passengers check in at least one hour prior to departure. Some airlines may require longer check-in times (see Carriers for details) depending on the type of flight. Airlines rescind specific advance seat assignments 30 minutes before scheduled departure, even if you already have your boarding pass. You can lose your entire reservation if you haven't checked in 10 minutes before scheduled departure time on a domestic flight (longer on international flights). Allow time for traffic and parking problems. If a flight is oversold, the last passengers to check in are the first to be bumped, even if they have met the 10-minute deadline.

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.

If traveling with an electric wheelchair, you must check in for your flight at least one hour prior to departure to allow for disassembly, when necessary, and proper packaging of batteries. Bringing along assembly instructions will help prevent damage during disassembly and will speed delivery time upon arrival at your destination.

Never leave your luggage unattended. If you must leave the area where you have placed it, even for a moment, take your luggage with you.

If you are able to present a paper ticket or an electronic ticket receipt that shows the correct flight and date information, you may proceed directly to the gate. Customers without electronic receipts or who have made changes to their tickets must first check-in at the airline's ticket or check-in counter.

Most carriers will accept only their own tickets, and then only if all transportation written thereon uses the services of Carrier. Therefore, any ticket issued in conjunction with travel on another carrier will not be accepted. Some carriers, however, will accept tickets of any carrier with which it has and interline agreement with.

Check your ticket immediately after checking in for each flight on your trip. Airline agents accidentally lift two coupons instead of one on occasion.

When you check in, remove straps and hooks from garment bags that you are sending as checked baggage. These can get caught in baggage processing machinery, causing damage to the bag. Be sure to lock your luggage prior to checking it in, and keep the key with you.

Put a tag on the outside of your baggage with your name, home address, and home and work phone numbers. The airlines provide free stick-on tags. Most carriers also have "privacy tags" which conceal this information from passersby. Put the same information inside each bag, and add an address and telephone number where you can be reached at your destination city.

The airline will put baggage destination tags on your luggage and give you the stubs to use as claim checks. Make sure you get a stub for every bag. Don't throw them away until after you get your bags back and you checked the contents. 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.

Be sure all of the tags from previous trips are removed from your bag, since they may confuse busy baggage handlers.

Each tag has a three-letter code and flight number that show the baggage sorters on which plane and to which airport your luggage is supposed to go. Double-check the tag before your bags go down the conveyor belt. (The airline will be glad to tell you the code for your destination when you make reservations or buy your tickets.)

Your bags may only be checked to one of your intermediate stops rather than your destination city if you must clear Customs short of your final destination, or if you are taking a connection involving two airlines that don't have an interline agreement.

It is suggested to go directly to the gate after check-in. Allow extra time to pass the security checkpoint. Heightened security requires more time in processing customers.

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