The phrase "airline baggage" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the luggage or items that passengers check in or carry on during air travel.
Example: "Make sure to check the airline baggage policy before your flight to avoid extra fees."
Alternatives: "luggage" or "checked baggage".
Re "In Airline Baggage Roulette, Travelers' Odds Are Getting Worse" (front page, Nov. 21): Airlines are resisting investing in radio frequency identification tags that would make tracking of checked luggage nearly foolproof, to save the 20 cents per bag plus the one-time hardware installation cost.
THE TRUTH Airline baggage fees were never about the cost of fuel.
Too nice and you will worry about entrusting it to airline baggage handlers.
Jason left his job as an airline baggage handler just last year.
In a common application, X-rays are used for quick examination of the contents of airline baggage.
Congress requires the transportation agency to check all airline baggage with bomb-detection machinery or with hand-held bomb detectors.
Airline baggage fees are not taxable, the Internal Revenue Service said, a victory for carriers trying to protect a growing revenue stream.
An Atlanta airline baggage handler suspected of helping smuggle firearms on to passenger jets to New York City has been arrested by federal agents, authorities said on Monday.
Airline baggage-fee policies (and policies regarding extra fees in general) differ significantly, and they're often very complicated.
Plus, the company says it compares all the airlines' baggage size requirements in one place, so you'll know for sure if it will be allowed by the airline you're flying.
I dug out the grinder and the press from the back of the kitchen cupboard, bought a fresh pack of Peet's Italian Roast coffee (a Bay Area wonder), and packed them along with my road bike, safe inside the industrial-strength plastic shell of the airline-baggage-handlers-proof bike box.
