British Airways Luggage Allowance
British Airways, a renowned airline of the world, allows travellers to bring one personal item and cabin bag at no extra cost. All travellers of British Airways can carry hand baggage of dimensions 56cm x 45cm x 25cm and the hand baggage must be no bigger than 40cm x 30cm x 15cm.Both items can weigh max 23 kgs. If hand baggage exceeds the limit it can be put on hold and cabin baggage exceeds the limit you need to pay extra at the airport in your excess baggage fees.
Size Allocation of Baggages
| Hand Bags | Cabin Bags | Checked Baggage |
| Upto 40x30x15 cm | Upto 56x45x25 | Upto 90x75x43 |
| Upto 23 kg in weight | Upto 23 kg in weight | Upto 23 kg in weight economy and premium economy |
| Essentials like medicine, mobile passport | No value items in the baggage | Upto 32 kg in first class |
| Guaranteed in cabin | Need to hold if weight exceeds | Extra payment if weight exceeds |
What is checked luggage allowance at British Airways?
British airways offers free checked luggage in all its flights but it is different according to the different classes.
- For euro voyager or economy tickets BA permits a cabin pack, a tablet pack and one checked sack weight max 23 kgs.
- World traveller plus and club europe BA offers cabin bags, laptop bags and two checked bags.
- Club world and first class BA offers 3 bags weighing 32 kgs each.
How to maximize the British Airways Hand Luggage allowance?
Measure your bags
Use the max size and dimensions that are given by the company. If your cabin bang is smaller than the prescribed limit, get yourself a cabin approved bag so that you can carry more stuff which is easily available on ecommerce sites.
Weigh your bag
Before checking in for the flight weight of your baggage so that it weighs below the prescribed limit of 23 kgs. It weighs more than 23 kg. You are required to pay a sum of 65 euro per overweight sack for your one way trip.
Join the premium club
If you fly regularly with BA, you are eligible for the blue tier membership. Herein on enrolling for the membership you start getting the rewards points which then be used to avail the discounts on your bookings.