Jack wanted to visit his sister in London and decided that it would be much more convenient to fly. On the other hand, ha had never flown before and was a bit scared. He also didn't want to spend a fortune on the -aircraftairwayelectronicplane ticket so he browsed the Internet for a couple of hours and discovered a -frill-freelow-budgetno-costno-frills airline that had a very reasonable price for a return ticket. He had to buy -a plane ticketan airplane ticketan e-ticketan electric ticket and pay using his credit card, which was also a bit complicated, but he managed in the end.

On the day of his departure he was very nervous. He called a taxi and got to the airport more than three hours before -arrivaldeparturinglandingtake-off . He had never been at an airport before, so he wasn't too sure where to go first. After a few minutes he found the -arrivals boarddepartures boarddeparturing screeninformation bulletin where he saw details of his flight.

He saw the flight number, time and destination, but that was all. There was no -informationstatustickettiming or gate number. Jack checked his watch and realised that it was perfectly alright because he still had almost three hours before  -arrivalboarddeparturelanding .

He knew that he could use -a check-in standa self check-in standa self-service check-in kioska self-service kiosk , or he could have checked in online at home, but since he had never done that before, he wasn't sure how complicated it might get and how he would manage. If he had done that, he could just use the -drop-offdroppinggive-inleave-in counter now and it would be much faster.

So there he was, waiting for the ‘proper’ check-in, which should open in about one hour. He sat down in a nearby cafe and had a cup of coffee with some cake. He read a paper and waited.

When the -check deskcheck-in countercheck-in standchecking desk opened, he approached it to check in his -carry baggagecarry-on luggagehand luggagehold luggage . He gave the assistant his ID and ticket and received his -board cardboarding passboarding ticketlanding card . The assistant also wanted to see his -carry-on luggagehold baggagehold lugaggechecked baggage and put a tag around its handle that said  -'accredited cabin luggage''approved cabin luggage''authorised cabin luggage''granted carry-on luggage' .

After that he went through the -passport controlpassport checkpassport check-inpasspot examination to the -duty areaduty free territoryduty-free zonetax-free district where he had another coffee because he still had time. Naturally he was getting nervous, but was also happy that the plane wasn't delayed and everything went according to plan.

After he paid for his coffee he approached the -safety controlsafety checksecurity controlsecurity check where he saw a queue of people waiting. He wasn't carrying any liquids so he just put his bag, watch, jacket and belt into one of the trays and went through the  -pass-through gate detectorpass-trought gate detectorwalk-through gate detectorwalk-throught gate detector .

The gate didn't beep so he took his belongings and proceeded to the -departing halldeparture lobbydeparture loungedeparturing hall . He sat down, tried to relax and waited for the -'boarding''embark''get on''getting on' sign to appear on the screen.

When it did, he moved slowly to the gate where he got on his plane to London, happy that he would see his sister in a few hours.