British Airways Baggage Allowance

Carry on Baggage

On the BA flights, adults over 12 years of age and children in the age group of 2-11 years are allowed to carry one baggage and 1 personal item. For infants under 2 years of age, there is provision of allowing only 1 cabin luggage for the purpose of carrying infant items which might be required during the flight.

Cabin bag shall be 56, 45, 25 cms in length, breadth and height and personal luggage shall be 45, 36 and 20 cms in l, b and h. Max weight per bag is 23 kgs. At the time of check in, you will have to demonstrate that the baggage fits the gauge.

For the flights operated by franchise partners Comair and SUN-AIR, the baggage allowance for hand luggage are smaller since they operate small airplanes in southern Africa and northern Europe respectively. On Comair, you are allowed baggage max weight 7 kgs and you are allowed only 1 bag and 1 handbag or laptop for adults or children. 55, 36, 23 cms shall be l, b, h of baggage and 45, 36, 20 cms for handbag. For SUN-AIR, you are allowed to carry 1 bag of 6 kg weight of dimension 45, 36 and 20 cms.

Please note that British Airways also provides the hand baggage only fares for those passengers who are not traveling with checked in baggage.

Check-in Baggage

The checked baggage shall be of 90, 75 and 43 cms in dimensions. There is a provision for carrying large items of up to 190, 75, 65 cms by paying an over-size baggage charge. Besides, there are allowances which vary from one cabin class of booking to another, for different sectors of travel. These are mentioned below:

Economy Allowances for adults are 2 bags of maximum 23 kgs each for flying on Brazil, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone, connecting between India and USA/ Bermuda/Canada and also for flying on a World Traveller fully flexible ticket.  For all other journeys, the baggage allowance is 1 bag of 23 kg.

For Children in the age group of 2-11 years, the allowance would be same as that of adult and 1 fully collapsible stroller and 1 car seat shall also be used. Infants who are under 2 years of age can check in 1 standard sized bag along with 1 car seat or fully collapsible stroller.

Premium Economy Allowances while flying from and to Brazil are 2 bags of maximum 32 kgs per bag and for all other journeys it is 2 bags of maximum 23 kgs each. Children who are in the 2-11 year age group are allowed same allowance as that of an adult and also a collapsible stroller along with a car seat. Infant are also allowed the same.

Business and First Allowances for adults in Club Europe class of travel are 2 bags of 32 kg per bag and 3 bags of 32 kg max for Club World, Club World London City, First and Biz Bed. For children between 2-11 years of ages, the allowance is same as that for the adults and in addition, they are allowed to carry one collapsible stroller and 1 car seat. For infants of less than 2 years, allowance is 1 standard bag and a collapsible stroller and a car seat.

For the Frequent Flyers, certain FFs receive additional baggage allowance. This is meant for the Executive Club Gold and Silver members and for the Emerald and Sapphire members of oneworld alliance.

The Executive Club Gold and oneworld Emerald members are allowed 1 checked in baggage free of cost and a weight allowance of 32 kgs per checked bag only for the cardholder.

The Executive Club Silver and oneworld Sapphire members are allowed 2 pieces of baggage in World Traveller, Euro Traveller and Domestic cabin of the airline. Max weight of 32 kgs per checked baggage is allowed.

Extra Baggage Charges

British Airways allows carriage of up to 10 bags per adult or child, out of which some would be allowed free and for the rest you are required to pay extra charges. The charges for the extra bag services are dependent on the following:

1. Method of check in: online or at the airport

2. Class of Travel: Economy, Premium Economy, Business or First

3. Number of bags to be checked in

These charges are given below:

Overweight Baggage Charges

It is to be remembered that bags of more than 32 kgs have to be transported as cargo. However, the ones ranging from 23-32 kgs are charged at Pound Sterling 40 per bag.