Do you claim bags first or immigration?

After clearing immigration, proceed to the baggage reclaim area to collect your bags. If you are on an international flight connecting to a U.S. destination, make sure you claim your baggage before going through U.S. Customs.



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Gate checking is often complimentary, and your bag might be loaded last and therefore come out first at baggage claim. But sadly, there are no guarantees. One method that's supposed to assure early retrieval at baggage claim — at least for some airlines — is using priority baggage services.

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Pay for priority Some airlines will offer priority luggage service to business class passengers, or travellers with a certain loyalty status. These bags are tagged to arrive on the carousel first and, depending on the airport, sometimes have their own collection area.

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Gate-checked bags are usually treated essentially the same as all other checked bags. They are stored in a plane's cargo hold (or bins) with the rest of the luggage before being transferred to your final destination. When this happens, you pick up your bag at the baggage claim as you would any other checked bag.

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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 reporting missing or damaged baggage.

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If you checked a bag, you'll have to collect it from baggage claim from the international flight. You'll need to clear customs and immigration.

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Meet the CBP Officer The officer will review your documents and ask you a few questions about the purpose of your travel to the U.S. If all is in order, the officer will admit you to the U.S. and will stamp your passport with: date and place of arrival.

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What happens to the baggage during a stopover? As a rule, you do not have to worry about anything in this case. The luggage will arrive at your destination even in case of unscheduled flight cancellations or rebooking due to a missed connecting flight.

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No, you won't be able to go back to the gates. Baggage claim is outside of the security area, the gates are inside of the security area. You can only go through security if you have a boarding pass for an outbound flight departing from that terminal.

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How Often Do Airlines Lose Luggage? Luggage Hero recently found that more than 680,000 bags were either lost or mishandled in the first quarter of 2022 alone. This means that roughly seven out of every one thousand bags will experience issues during transportation.

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Before concluding your bags are truly lost, try these three steps:
  1. Be patient. ...
  2. Look elsewhere. ...
  3. Stay calm. ...
  4. Locate the baggage desk for the airline that operated your final flight. ...
  5. Inform the agent about your missing bag. ...
  6. File a missing baggage report. ...
  7. Ask what the airline will cover. ...
  8. Make them come to you.


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A baggage carousel is a device, generally at an airport, that delivers checked luggage to the passengers at the baggage reclaim area at their final destination. Not all airports use these devices. Airports without carousels generally deliver baggage by placing it on the floor or sliding it through an opening in a wall.

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Gate checking is the process of checking your bag at the gate to be stored in the cargo hold of the aircraft. This is different from regularly checking your bag, as the process is normally completed at a check-in desk/ticket counter pre-security, rather than at the departure gate before you board your flight.

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After check-in, you will see your suitcase go off on a conveyor belt. Depending on the airport, they will often go off to the sorting office, where either robots or staff will sort them to go off to the right plane, or alternatively be sorted and stored ready for your flight at a later time.

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