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  1. baggage claimnoun

    an area in an airport where arriving passengers can collect the luggage that has been carried in the hold of the aircraft

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  1. baggage claimnoun

    The designated location for receiving checked luggage such as the baggage carousels at an airport.

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  1. Baggage Claim

    Baggage Claim is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Miranda Lambert. It was released in August 2011 as the lead single from her album, Four the Record. It was written by Lambert, with Natalie Hemby and Luke Laird.

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  1. baggage claim

    Baggage claim is a designated area in an airport where passengers can collect their checked-in luggage after their flight has landed. It typically consists of carousel-like conveyor systems that deliver bags and suitcases from the aircraft to the passengers.

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  1. Baggage claim

    In airport terminals, a baggage claim area is an area where arriving passengers claim checked-in baggage after disembarking from an airline flight. The alternative term baggage reclaim is used to mean the same thing at many airports outside the USA. A typical baggage claim area contains baggage carousels or conveyor systems that deliver checked baggage to the passenger. The baggage claim area generally contains the airline's customer service counter for claiming oversized baggage or to report missing baggage. Some airports required that passengers display their baggage check receipt so that it can be positively matched against the bag they are trying to remove from baggage claim. This serves two purposes: first it reduces baggage theft, and secondly it helps to prevent passengers from accidentally leaving the airport with another passenger's bag that bears resemblance to their own. For international arrivals, the baggage claim area is typically located in a restricted zone, after immigration control and before clearing customs, so that all baggage can be inspected by customs agents, but the passenger does not have to handle heavy baggage while moving through the passport booth. In the United States and Canada, and also in some airports in Asia, all arriving international passengers' baggage is claimed here and can be re-surrendered to the airline for connecting flights on the other side of customs. In most other countries passengers transferring to an onward flight do not need to collect their bags unless their airline does not offer to check their bags to their final destination. This is required in American and some Canadian airports because international terminals are not enclosed and often serve domestic flights. The same rule applies in the case of airports that have U.S. border preclearance facilities. This means that passengers continuing onto the U.S. from other cities must retrieve their checked baggage first, then re-check them after clearing U.S. Customs.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of baggage claim in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of baggage claim in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5


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