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title: "What is Early check-in? | Benefit Systems"
description: "Early check-in means taking the hotel room before the standard arrival time, generally subject to availability and without entitlement."
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# What is Early check-in?

Early check-in means taking the hotel room before the standard arrival time, generally subject to availability and without entitlement.

## How it works #

Unlike late checkout, early check-in is rarely a fixed elite benefit, because the room may have been occupied the night before. The only reliable version is booking the previous night. Arriving without a confirmation usually means leaving bags at the desk and getting the room once housekeeping is done, goodwill rather than a promise.

## Not to be confused with #

Early check-in is not the same as booking the previous night, which is the only way to guarantee the room in the morning.

## In German #

The German term is Früher Check-in. [German version of this term](/de/glossar/frueher-checkin)

## Related terms #

- [Late checkout](/en/glossary/late-checkout): Late checkout is the elite benefit of keeping a hotel room beyond the standard departure time, in almost all cases subject to availability.
- [Hotel elite status](/en/glossary/hotel-elite-status): Hotel elite status is a tier in a hotel programme that holds out benefits such as room upgrades, breakfast or late checkout.
- [Room upgrade](/en/glossary/room-upgrade): A room upgrade is the allocation of a higher room category than the one booked, granted as an elite benefit and usually subject to availability.

## Articles that use this term #

- [How late can you check out with status?](/en/knowledge/late-checkout)
- [What does hotel elite status actually get you?](/en/knowledge/hotel-elite-status)
- [Does hotel status actually get you upgraded?](/en/knowledge/hotel-upgrades)
- [When do you have to pay to choose a seat?](/en/knowledge/seat-selection-fees)