Vocabulary: Check-in/Check in

Hello, 

Here is the information given in class related to «check-in» and «check in» 

CHECK-IN FOR SOMETHING ( flight, bags, etc.). Here «check-in» is a noun. Do not use «the» with «check-in» when referring to the process of getting a boarding pass, etc.

e.g. Check-in for this flight closes at 5p.m 

e.g. Check-in for my bags was a chaos. 

CHECK IN SOMETHING (bags, baggage, luggage, etc.) Here «check in» is a verb. 

e.g. Once we arrived at the airport, we went to the check-in desk to check in our luggage. 

e.g. Yesterday at this time I was checking in my baggage at Luton airport. 

CHECK IN FOR SOMETHiNG (flight) Here «check in» is also a verb. 

e.g. Once I got to the airport, I checked in for my flight. 

e.g. Yesterday at 9a.m I was checking in for my flight at Málaga airport.