check in
— phrasal verb with check uk/tʃek/us/tʃek/verb
(FOR FLIGHT)
B1 to show your ticket at an airport so that you can be told where you will be sitting and so that your bags can be put on the aircraft:
Passengers are requested to check in two hours before the flight.
You can save time by checking in online.
More examples
- You'll be unpopular with the airport staff if you don't check in on time.
- There are a couple of passengers who still haven't checked in, so we may be able to get you on the flight.
- I was just about to check in when I realized I'd left my passport at home.
- We had to queue for ages to get checked in for the flight.
- I was sure I recognized the guy checking in in front of us, and the airline staff seemed excited to see him.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Arrivals and departures
- admittance
- advent
- approach
- arr
- arrival
- check
- check-in
- connection
- dep
- departure
- descent
- destination
- entry
- eta
- going
- inflow
- influx
- invasion
- landfall
- outflow
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(CONTACT)
to contact someone by making a phone call, short visit, etc., usually in order to make sure there are no problems or to tell them that there are no problems:
My son checks in regularly with me when he's travelling.