baggage reclaim // baggage claim

[Ume]

Hello.

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[ Longman Dictionary ]
baggage reclaim especially British English
baggage claim American English
the place at an airport where you collect your cases and bags after a flight
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What is that place called in your country?

 

[SwissPete]

US: Baggage claim (see here).

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[annapo]

Dear all,
which is the correct form:
"baggage claim"
or "baggage reclaim"
or both?

thank you!
Anna

 

[Esca]

Anna, could you give us more information about your question? Where have you seen these phrases?

For me, "baggage claim" is the place in an airport where they have the rotating conveyor belts, where passengers come to claim their baggage after the flight.

I've never heard of someone using "baggage reclaim" with this meaning, but I suppose it's possible.

(Actually, I've never heard of "baggage reclaim" at all. My first impression is that it sounds like a closet where the airline might keep lost, unclaimed baggage for people to come back and get it.)

 

[panjandrum]

Baggage reclaim is familiar in BE: CLICK1 CLICK2.

Baggage claim is used as well, I think in non-BE locations: CLICK1 CLICK2.

(Sorry Esca - I added today's thread to an older one on the same topic.)

 

[annapo]

Dear all,
two days ago I went to London. I am a frequent flyer in non-english countries, where I generally read "baggage claim".

So I was surprised to read "baggage reclaim" at Heatrow, but for sure we non- english speakers often use a non-english or a look-like english vocabulary.

ciao
Anna