Your Baggage: Glossary

Baggage Tag

• A document issued by the airline for the identification of checked baggage, consisting of two parts:

  

  Baggage Strap, which is attached by the airline to the checked baggage.

  

  Baggage Identification Tag, which is given to the passenger.

Checked Baggage

• A piece of baggage that you hand over to the airline for the duration of the flight. The airline is required to give you a Baggage Identification Tag for each piece of checked baggage.

Domestic Itinerary

• An itinerary that is confined to travel within a single country.

International Itinerary

• An itinerary that includes cities in at least two different countries.

Special Drawing Rights (SDR)

• Unit of account created by the International Monetary Fund, convertible to national currencies. Exchange rates are available online.

Unchecked Baggage

• Your “carry on” or “hand baggage”.