How to Use baggage claim in a Sentence

baggage claim

noun
  • That information includes the departure time, arrival time, status (on time, delayed, or canceled), flight duration, and even the baggage claim area when that data becomes available.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 23 July 2024
  • Get off the plane, head to baggage claim and sign up to get hitched.
    Joseph Pisani, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2023
  • The length is about 1.7 miles from Concourse F to the baggage claim.
    Jen Murphy, WSJ, 6 Aug. 2022
  • Wrap your cardigan around your face to block out the lights of the baggage claim.
    Emi Nietfeld, Longreads, 13 Dec. 2019
  • Athena and Dale met Brittany and the kids near baggage claim.
    Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2021
  • All of these pieces will stand out at baggage claim and will stand up through long trips.
    Lois Alter Mark, Forbes, 5 May 2022
  • The art is located near the baggage claim area at Love Field.
    Dallas News, 23 July 2021
  • No way to claim baggage as the baggage claim area is not working.
    Christina Maxouris and Sarah Moon, CNN, 27 Nov. 2019
  • The man then made a beeline to the baggage claim in Denver, a lengthy walk from the gate, unassisted.
    Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2021
  • The new spot is at ground level, outside of baggage claim.
    Luz Lazo, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2020
  • Bags are offloaded in the same room where they’re put onto carts and then sent up to baggage claim.
    USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2024
  • At baggage claim, luggage was lined up near each carousel and in other spots across the floor.
    Sara Ruberg, WSJ, 13 July 2022
  • In baggage claim, four new carousels have been installed.
    Kerri Westenberg, Star Tribune, 5 Mar. 2021
  • The former rumbling baggage claim belts were stopped in their tracks.
    Chris Sloan, CNN, 8 July 2021
  • The Bradley Bunch had to assemble at the bottom of the baggage claim stairs, unroll their posters and greet their team.
    Shawn McFarland, courant.com, 10 Aug. 2019
  • Some of those bags will make it to a connecting flight and some of those bags will be on their way to a carousel at baggage claim.
    Alexandra Skores, Dallas News, 5 June 2023
  • The man, who collapsed near a baggage claim, did not have a pulse and wasn't breathing, police said.
    NBC News, 3 Mar. 2021
  • Travelers are now picked up and dropped off in a parking lot off the far north end of baggage claim.
    Susan Glaser, cleveland, 10 Oct. 2019
  • These handle wraps are a lowkey way to make luggage stand out at baggage claim.
    Annie Gabillet, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Keep your baggage claim check and know your ticket and flight number.
    New York Times, 9 July 2022
  • The bags likely were taken from baggage claim and from other parts of the airport.
    Michael Katz, idahostatesman, 24 Oct. 2017
  • The image was undated and showed him in the baggage claim at an airport.
    Elizabeth Dwoskin, Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2023
  • The shuttle can also be picked up in front of the baggage claim for Terminal 1.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2021
  • The person last worked third shift on March 26 in the Interflight Parking booth near the baggage claim area.
    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2020
  • For my money, paying $15 to be able to use the overhead bin is worth it on a short flight where the wait at baggage claim can equal the flight time.
    Dawn Gilbertson, USA TODAY, 28 Sep. 2017
  • Southwest went old-school, driving bags in tugs straight to baggage claim.
    Scott McCartney, WSJ, 20 Dec. 2017
  • Rick Starr of Knoxville, Tenn., had completed his flight and was waiting in the baggage claim area for his suitcase to come down the chute.
    Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2021
  • The shots are being offered in the baggage claim area, Metro Health officials said.
    Peggy O’Hare, San Antonio Express-News, 7 July 2021
  • The other is at the east end of Terminal 7, outside of the baggage claim area used by those who fly in to terminals 7 and 8.
    Christopher Reynoldsstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2022
  • For airlines that won’t cover hotel stays and meals, go to the baggage service office in baggage claim and ask about the distressed traveler rate, Leff says.
    Allie Volpe, Vox, 19 July 2024

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