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Old Aug 14, 2010, 1:11 pm
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catocony
 
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I'm going to once again try and proliferate the term "side check" on puddle jumpers and regional jets vs the term "gate check". To me, a gate check is when you're on a mainline aircraft and you have to hand in your bag to the flight attendant, they give you a claim ticket and at your arriving airport, you need to go to luggage and wait a half hour and claim it.

Side check is where you drop it off at the side of the plane before heading up the stairs or on the jetway. You put a green tag on it and, on arrival, you wait plane-side or on the jetway for it and you get it there.

There is more confusion with in-frequent flyers on the whole gate-check nomenclature, we need to have a standardization on terms.

For the OP, on either the 145 or 170, plan on a "side check" where you drop it off when you hit the aircraft door and pick up outside. You may get a 22" on a 170, but it just depends. Definitely not on a 145.
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