At baggage claim, my family and I were met by dozens of excited relations I'd never met before.

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The lag is why you had to wait, fruitlessly, at baggage claim.

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Then the clerk took him to the other side of security, hoping that someone might be awaiting him in the baggage claim.

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Las Vegas' McCarran International opened a gym beneath its baggage claim area.

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Fox Searchlight was recently developing "Baggage Claim, " which chronicles a young flight attendant's search for Mr. Right and stars an ensemble of African-American actors, including Oscar nominee Taraji P.

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Camera in hand, we shadowed them across baggage claim, taking half a dozen blurry pictures of the pair before snapping a single semi-decent image, in which Rekers was captured preparing to push a cumbersome luggage cart into an elevator.

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Better yet, why don't carriers modernize baggage-claim systems so that luggage is at the carousel when passengers get there?

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But frequent business travelers always try to hold on to their travel gear for a simple reason -- the inexcusably long time it takes for checked-in luggage to make it to baggage-claim carousels.

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When flying on two tickets you'll likely have to claim and recheck your bags potentially costing two baggage fees, as well as the time you'll have to plan between flights and the hassle of leaving and re-entering secure areas.

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