checked baggage

Meaning

Checked baggage (or checked luggage) refers to the large bags or suitcases that are handed over to the airline at check-in to be stored in the plane's cargo hold. This is different from carry-on baggage, which you take with you into the cabin.

Examples

• My ticket includes one piece of checked baggage up to twenty-three kilograms.

  My ticket includes one piece of checked baggage up to twenty-three kilograms.

• You should put all your liquids over one hundred milliliters in your checked baggage.

  You should put all your liquids over one hundred milliliters in your checked baggage.

• We had to wait at the carousel for thirty minutes to collect our checked baggage.

  We had to wait at the carousel for thirty minutes to collect our checked baggage.

• Is there an extra fee for checked baggage on this budget airline?

  Is there an extra fee for checked baggage on this budget airline?

• I prefer traveling with only a carry-on to avoid waiting for checked baggage.

  I prefer traveling with only a carry-on to avoid waiting for checked baggage.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ I have two checked baggages.

  ✓ I have two pieces of checked baggage.

  'Baggage' is an uncountable noun and cannot be made plural with an 's'. You must use 'pieces of checked baggage' or 'checked bags'.

• ✗ I need to check in my cabin baggage.

  ✓ I need to check in my baggage.

  'Cabin baggage' refers to the bags you carry onto the plane. Once you hand a bag over to be put in the cargo hold, it is called 'checked baggage'.

Related Expressions

Practice

• Do we need to pay extra for ___ or is it included in our ticket price?

  💡 Suitcases that go into the plane's cargo hold.

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  checked baggage

• Please make sure your ___ does not exceed the weight limit of fifty pounds.

  💡 The bags you drop off at the airline counter.

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  checked baggage