Airline baggage fees chart

Posted by George Hobica on Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Here we list, airline by airline, fees for checked bags on major US airlines. These fees are for domestic economy class travel (which in some cases includes Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, and Canada) only and may be higher on international flights.

There are all kinds of exceptions to these fees, especially for certain classes of frequent flyers and military personnel. These fees are cumulative and are double for round-trip travel. They are subject to change and were accurate to the best of our knowledge as of Aug 12, 2009.

If you're a heavy packer, you'll want to fly with Airtran, Alaska, Frontier and Southwest, even if there's a cheaper fare on another ailrine.

Airline	First checked bag	Second checked bag	Additional bags	Overweight bags	Oversized bags
Airtran	$0 $15	~~$10 paid online, $20 at airport~~ $25	$50	51-70 lbs (23-32kgs): ~~$29~~ $39 71 to 99 lbs: ~~$69~~ $79	62-70 total linear inches: ~~$29~~ $39; 71-80 inches ~~$69~~ $79
Alaska	$0 ($15 eff. 7/1/2009)	$0 $25	3rd-6th bags: $100; 7th or more: $150	51-100 lbs: $50	63-80 inches: $50; 81-115 inches: $75
American	$20	$30	Bags 3-5: $100; 6th or more: $200	51-70 lbs (23-32kgs): $50; 71-100 lbs: $100. These fees may be higher on international routes	63 inches and over: $150
Continental	$15 ($5 more if not paid online)	$25 ($5 more if not paid online)	$75 nonstop/$100 connecting	51-70 lbs (23-32kgs): $50 Over 70 lbs not accepted.	63 inches and over: $100
Delta	$15 ($5 more if not paid online)	$25 ($5 more if not paid online) $50 for European travel	Third bag: $125; Bags 4 to 10 $200 each (For travel outside US, no fee for 2nd bag, $200 for 3rd bag, $350 for 4th and 5th, $600 for bags 6-10).	51-70 lbs (23-32kgs): $90 ($150 for travel outside US) 71 to 100 lbs: $175 ($300 each outside US)	63-80 total linear inches: ~~$150~~ $175
Frontier	$0 $15	$25	$50	51-100 lbs: $75	63-80 inches: $75
JetBlue	$0	$20	$75	51-70 lbs: $50; 71-99 lbs: $100	63-80 inches: $75
Northwest	See Delta	See Delta	See Delta	See Delta	See Delta
Spirit	$19	$25 (online or at airport)	Bags 3-5: $100 (online or at airport)	51-70 lbs: $50 71 to 99 lbs: $100	62-79 inches: $100; 80 inches and over: $150
Southwest	$0	$0	3-9: $50; 10 and more: $110	51 -100 lbs: $50	62-80 inches: $50
United	$20 ($5 discount if paid online)	$30 ($5 discount if paid online)	Bags 1-4: $125; 5th or more: $250	$100	63-115 inches: $125
US Airways	$20 at airport, $15 online	$30 at airport, $25 online	Bags 3-9: $100	51-70 lbs (23-32kgs): $70 71 to 99 lbs: $120	62-80 total linear inches: $100

Categories: Airfare Tips

This is the tipping point--since we can't carry-on clothes and skis, it's cheaper to drive, and the airlines will get nothing at all from us. They're just greedy.

by driving these days on Thursday, November 19, 2009

I think this is just a way for the airlines to sell ticket low then add all the fees on. So totally you will pay more.

by free games on Sunday, November 08, 2009

I always try to fly with Southwest. They seem to have the lowest fees in terms of the baggage. Once I even tries to take my wedding cake (http://weddingcakecreations.com) with me on the flight and the crew was very helpful to me and they tried to do their very best to preserver my wedding cake and they were nice enough to take a wedding cake picture (http://weddingcakecreations.com) with me and add even more great memories to my wedding experience.

by wedding cakes on Saturday, November 07, 2009

I can't understand why some airlines charge exorbitant baggage fees, while others charge far less. Can't it be regulated so they charge uniform fees?

by Traffic School on Thursday, November 05, 2009

Are golf bags still exempt for the oversize luggage weights? I believe the policy for most airlines is still one golf bag per customer, but with cost cutting recently I don't see that lasting especially for Economy tickets.

by Custom t-shirts on Thursday, November 05, 2009

great

by vigrx on Monday, November 02, 2009

Does Northwest have routes to Europe? Delta is so heartless, that they even charge the second bag on international flights to Europe, and with a whopping $50. That's $100 round trip! Leeches!

by JohnDog on Monday, November 02, 2009

Nice list, but I hope it would have been excellent to include international economy class travels as well.

by Rave on Saturday, October 31, 2009

the REALLY funny thing is: when the price of fuel went up the airlines said that was the reason the charges for baggage happened, but they sure didnt lower or eliminate those charges when the price of fuel went down. Nother indication about what crooks they all are, from the top dog (CEO) to the lowest member of the food chain at the airlines. They may be as bad or worse than ALL the politicians, bar none, in this country, CROOKS every last one of them.

by hntrfmhades on Friday, October 30, 2009

I don't understand why some airlines just charge some unnecessary large amount of money for baggage.

by Airline directory on Monday, October 26, 2009