You get off your plane and  (0)......... your way to the Baggage Reclaim area, where you (1)...................the carousel for your flight and wait patiently for your luggage.
After quite some spent waiting,  there is no (2)............. of your bags and you
begin to consider the possibility that
they may have gone (3).............. What should you do?


Firstly, don't panic.  The most  likely (4).................. is that your bags (5).................
didn't make it onto the flight,
perhaps because they were mislaid
 at the departure airport, or  perhaps the aircraft had already (6)................. its weight allowance.
If they (7) ................. to appear on the carousel,
report the loss before you leave the baggage hall and go through customs.  (8)............................
your luggage should be no problem,
provided you've kept (9).............. of your baggage check - those little bar codes
stuck to the back of your tickets at check-in.


Go to the handling agent's desk and (10).............  a Property Irregularity Report (PIR) form, which describes the checked bag and its (11)..............  
Make (12).............. you mention all items of value, because if the bag is never found, your insurance company may compare the articles
on your claim form with those on the PIR. Then, ask the baggage services manager for a contact telephone number and confirm that your
bags will be forwarded to your final  (13)............. Most bags (14)............. up within a day or two, but if yours never show (and it may be weeks
before the airline accepts that they are permanently lost), you can claim (15)......... from the airline.