Know your baggage limits before you fly

Carry-on and checked bag rules for 50 major airlines in one place. Search a carrier, compare limits, and estimate excess fees where the carrier publishes its rates.

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34countries

2026updated

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Turkish Airlines

Turkey

Carry-on: 8 kg
Checked: 23 kg

5★ Star Alliance

Emirates

United Arab Emirates

Carry-on: 7 kg
Checked: 23 kg

5★

Lufthansa

Germany

Carry-on: 8 kg
Checked: 23 kg

4★ Star Alliance

Qatar Airways

Qatar

Carry-on: 7 kg
Checked: 32 kg

5★ Oneworld

Singapore Airlines

Singapore

Carry-on: 7 kg
Checked: 32 kg

5★ Star Alliance

Delta Air Lines

United States

Carry-on: No specific weight limit (domestic US); must fit overhead bin
Checked: 23 kg

4★ SkyTeam

American Airlines

United States

Carry-on: 18 kg
Checked: 23 kg

4★ Oneworld

British Airways

United Kingdom

Carry-on: 23 kg
Checked: Not included

4★ Oneworld

Air France

France

Carry-on: 12 kg
Checked: Not included

4★ SkyTeam

Baggage guides

Cross-airline size and fee references, plus a full guide library.

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Carry-on size chart Every airline's cabin bag dimensions and weight limits in one table. Checked baggage fees Compare first, second and excess bag pricing by airline and cabin. Personal item chart Under-seat bag rules: the free item every ticket includes. Full guide library Packing tips, special items, calculator help and travel FAQs.

How Baggage Limits works

Three steps between you and an unexpected excess fee at the gate.

1
Search or browse

Type your airline in the box above, or open the full 50-airline directory.
2
Check the limits

Cabin dimensions, checked bag weight caps, fees by fare class, special items and check-in deadlines.
3
Estimate excess fees

Where a carrier publishes its excess rates, a live calculator compares booking online against paying at the airport.

Common questions

Rules that hold true across most airlines, before you dive into the carrier-specific page.

What is a typical carry-on size limit?

Most full-service airlines allow a cabin bag around 55 x 40 x 20 cm at 7 to 10 kg. Low-cost carriers vary widely: some let you take a small personal item for free but charge 20 to 50 euros for a wheeled cabin bag. Always check the exact figures for your ticket type on the airline page.

How much does a checked bag cost?

On weight concept routes (most of the world) the fare usually includes a bag of 20 to 32 kg. On piece concept routes (the Americas) fees run 30 to 80 dollars for the first bag on economy tickets, often free on premium fares. Online prepay is 20 to 40 percent cheaper than paying at the airport.

Can I bring a personal item and a carry-on?

Full-service airlines usually allow both: a wheeled cabin bag in the overhead bin plus a laptop bag, handbag or backpack under the seat in front of you. Basic economy fares and most low-cost carriers restrict you to just the personal item unless you pay extra.

What items are prohibited in checked baggage?

Lithium batteries over 100 Wh, power banks, e-cigarettes, flammable liquids, explosives and compressed gases are prohibited in the hold. Keep valuables, medication, ID and any spare batteries in your cabin bag.

How do I avoid excess baggage fees?

Weigh bags at home with a luggage scale, prepay extra weight online where it is 20 to 40 percent cheaper than the airport counter, wear the heaviest items, and check whether frequent flyer status or a co-branded credit card gives you extra allowance.

Do sizes and fees change often?

Baggage rules are fairly stable but fees drift upward each year and low-cost carriers occasionally tighten cabin bag policy. We review every airline page monthly and stamp the date at the bottom of each so you can see how fresh the data is.

How airline baggage rules actually work

A short primer, so the airline-specific pages make sense at a glance.

Every airline picks a rule set for what you can bring on board and put in the hold, and that rule set changes with the ticket you buy, the route you fly and any status you hold with the carrier. Two figures do most of the work: size, measured as length plus width plus height in centimetres or a maximum linear dimension in inches, and weight, in kilograms or pounds per bag.

Weight concept vs. piece concept

Most of the world runs on the weight concept: economy passengers get a total allowance, commonly 20 to 30 kg, split across one or two bags with a per-bag cap of 23 to 32 kg. Business and first cabins get 40 to 50 kg. The piece concept is common on flights to and from the Americas: instead of a total weight, you get a set number of bags (usually 1 or 2 in economy, 2 or 3 in premium) each with its own weight limit.

Cabin and personal item

Nearly every full-service airline lets you carry a wheeled cabin bag around 55 x 40 x 20 cm at 7 to 10 kg, plus a smaller personal item that fits under the seat in front of you: a laptop bag, handbag or small backpack. Low-cost carriers vary widely. Some (Ryanair, Wizz Air, easyJet, Spirit) charge extra for the wheeled cabin bag while keeping the personal item free. Others (Southwest, JetBlue, AirAsia) treat the cabin bag as included.

Excess baggage and how to avoid it

Overweight bags are almost always cheaper to buy in advance. Prepaying extra weight online typically costs 20 to 40 percent less than paying at the airport counter. A luggage scale at home usually pays for itself on the first trip. Frequent-flyer status or a co-branded credit card can add 10 to 20 kg to your allowance on many airlines. Skywards Gold on Emirates or Star Alliance Gold on Lufthansa, for example, adds a full extra bag on piece-concept routes.

Where to check before you pack

Every airline page on this site gives you the current cabin and checked limits by fare family, the fee tables and a comparator across cabins, and where the carrier publishes its rates, a live calculator that estimates what you'll pay if you go over. Rules and fees drift each year, so the update date at the bottom of each page tells you how fresh the data is.

Ready to check your airline?

Every carrier has a full page with cabin and checked limits, fee tables and a fare-family comparator, and where it publishes its rates, a live excess-fee calculator.

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