Checking Your Luggage

live out of a suitcase [idiom]: means to briefly stay in several locations but never staying in the same place long enough to unpack your bags

check in [verb]: (to a flight) to report one’s presence or arrival

domestic [adjective]: relating to or originating within one’s own country

international [adjective]: relating to or affecting two or more countries

luggage [noun]: suitcases for a traveler’s belongings; baggage

terminal [noun]: (at an airport) is a building where passengers go to depart on a flight or the building at which they arrive upon landing

gate [noun]: (at an airport) the area where passengers board an aircraft

baggage claim [noun]: the area in an airport where arriving passengers pick up their checked baggage

conveyer belt [noun]: (at the airport) a baggage transport system where passengers can pick up their baggage

check luggage [verb]: to turn in one’s luggage at the ticket counter at the airport

overweight baggage fee [noun]: money you have to pay when your baggage weighs too much

travel light [idiom]: means to travel with very little luggage or baggage

security checkpoint [noun]: (at an airport) an area where passengers and boarding passes are checked under certain security factors before getting accepted to boarding

aisle seat [noun]: a seat on or next to an aisle or an area where seats are separated

red-eye [noun]: is a flight in the middle of the night in which a passenger cannot expect to get much sleep because of the time of departure or arrival

go off the beaten track [idiom]: means to travel to a place that isn’t well known or visited often by others

layover [noun]: a stop between flights; a connection

connecting flight [noun]: a transit flight you take in order to reach the final destination