Your Airport English Survival Kit

Print or screenshot these phrases before your next flight:

• Check-in: "I'd like to check in. Here's my passport. Window seat, please."
• Security: "Yes, that's my bag. No liquids over 100ml."
• Gate: "Excuse me, is this gate C12? Has boarding started?"
• On board: "Could I have water, please? Excuse me, I need to get past."
• Delay: "When is the next flight? Is there a hotel voucher available?"

Airport English is a partly closed system. The situations repeat, and a small phrase set covers many of them. Master this list and you will move through airports with more confidence.