Cathay Pacific Baggage Allowance

Baggage allowance of Cathay Pacific depends on the fare class or cabin classes of travel and the membership status of its frequent flyer program.

Cabin or Hand baggage allowance

Standard

Economy and Premium economy travellers are allowed to carry piece of cabin baggage not exceeding 7 kg weight and of dimensions 56, 36 and 23 cms. Business Class passengers are allowed 1 cabin bag of 10 kg of same dimensions limits.

First Class passengers can take 1 cabin bag of 15 kgs with same dimension restrictions.

Apart from this, they are also allowed to carry 1 additional item which could be a laptop, small handbag, camera bag or a briefcase.

Green Marcopolo members remains the same as standard allowance.

Silver and Gold members travelling in economy, premium economy and business class are allowed 1 piece of 10 kg whereas first class travellers are allowed 1 pc of 15 kg.

Diamond members across all classes are allowed 15 kg allowance.

Please note that combined weight of all cabin baggage (including duty free) shall not exceed abovementioned limits.

For infants, there is a provision for providing car safety seat or child restraint seat. Infants are charged a fee when not occupying seat. A parent or guardian can bring maximum 2 infant on the condition that one of them has reached 6 months and occupies a child safety seat and the other is secured to the parent/guardian using child restraint seat. Child safety seat shall be brought by the parent/guardian.

Certain oversized items are classified as Cabin Bulky Baggage (CBBG) and for carrying them in cabin, it is important to inform the carrier at least 3 days in advance of travel date. These items shall otherwise not be restricted or prohibited from carriage. These could be musical items, religious idols, artworks, etc.

Check In Baggage

Check in baggage allowance for the Cathay Pacific flights depends on route of flight, cabin class of service and membership level of Marco Polo or oneworld Alliance.

a) Flight to/from or via Americas (North, Central and South American countries)

Following chart details baggage allowances for flights marketed by Cathay Pacific. However, in case of flights involving other airlines, the most significant carrier rule applies (for americas routes)

Sum of dimensions shall not exceed 158 cm for any check in baggage.

b) Hong Kong to/from Auckland (direct flights)

* Only on flights marketed by Cathay  Pacific. If these are marketed by other airlines, please refer to their websites for baggage allowance rules. 

^ Only on flight marketed and operated by Cathay Pacific

c) On all other routes

No baggage more than 32 kg weight and 203 cm in sum of dimensions would be accepted without approval. 

Excess Baggage Charges

These are applicable for tickets issued from 1 Feb 2018 for travel on or after May 1, 2018

Calculation of excess baggage charges are dependent on zones of flight of Cathay Pacific.

The five zones of its network are mentioned below:

Excess Charges for all destinations (except Americas and point to point flights between HK and NZ).

For weight concept routes- All price are in USD/kg

For piece-concept routes- all prices in USD/pcs

For flights to/from Americas, charges for excess piece of bag are as follows:

In case of overweight baggage, excess charges would be USD 100 for Premium Economy travellers if it is more than 25 kg free allowance but less than 32 kg. It will be USD 100 for Economy travellers if baggage is more than 23 kg and less than 32 kg. In cases of oversized baggage, USD 100 per piece is charged if dimension is more than 158 cm but less than 203 cm in all classes. If baggage is more than 32 kg or 203 cm dimension, charge is 4 times of extra baggage rate per piece.

For point to point flights between HK and NZ,

These bags shall be up to 23 kg or 158 cms.

Overweight bag charge (23 kg to 32 kg): NZD 200 / HKD 1300

Oversize charge (158 cm to 203 cm): NZD 200/HKD 1300 per piece.

For determination of baggage allowance in cases where connecting flights of other carriers are involved, the Most Significant Carrier rule will apply (w.e.f. 01 April, 2015).