Excess Baggage
Until 23:59 on the 2nd of May 2011 all customers, will be charged a fixed, single fee for each checked bag exceeding their free allowance (see post #1)
Code:
International European and UK Domestic
(incl. Algiers & Tripoli)
Number of bags At the airport Online At the airport Online
1st additional bag £40/bag £32/bag £35/bag £28/bag
Further additional bag £90/bag £72/bag £35/bag £28/bag
Departing from the US
1st additional bag $60/bag $48/bag $50/bag $40/bag
Further additional bag $140/bag $112/bag $50/bag $40/bag
Online charge refundable (Online only) before checking in
Customers are allowed to carry a maximum of 10 items of excess baggage
Customers will be eligible to a 20 per cent discount by pre-paying for excess baggage online at BA.com. You can only use the prepay service for countries with an online payment functionality.
After 23:59 on the 2nd of May 2011 the following apply
at BA.com:
Code:
Cabin 1st extra bag Further extra bags
First & Club World £72/$120/92 £72/$120/92
World Traveller Plus £72/$120/92 £72/$120/92
World Traveller Y class £72/$120/92 £72/$120/92
(full-fare Economy)
World Traveller £32/$48/40 £72/$120/92
Club Europe £28/$40/36 £28/$40/36
Euro Traveller & £28/$40/36 £28/$40/36
UK Domestic
After 23:59 on the 2nd of May 2011 the following apply
at the airport:
Code:
Cabin 1st extra bag Further extra bags
First & Club World £90/$150/115 £90/$150/115
World Traveller Plus £90/$150/115 £90/$150/115
World Traveller Y class £90/$150/115 £90/$150/115
(full-fare Economy)
World Traveller £40/$60/50 £40/$60/50
Club Europe £35/$50/45 £35/$50/45
Euro Traveller & £35/$50/45 £35/$50/45
UK Domestic
Exceptions:
India - all airports (pre-pay is available where India is not the point of sale (POS)
Caribbean - BGI/TAB/POS/MEX (pre-pay is not available for journeys departing from BGI/TAB/POS/MEX due to local VAT regulations in operation at these stations)
Europe - BRI/CAG (pre-pay is not available for journeys departing from BRI/CAG)
Franchise Flights BMed to FNA / DKR (pre-pay is not available for any journey from/to FNA or DKR)
Franchise Flights Comair / Loganair
Connecting journeys onto other carriers
The new pre-pay functionality will be available on ba.com.
Overweight bags
The maximum weight for your free checked baggage (unless you qualify for the exemption listed in post #1), is 23kg (51lbs) per bag. There is a flat fee of £30 for bags weighing more than 23kg (51lbs) and the maximum weight is 32kg (70lbs) You can only pay for your Heavy Bags at the airport.
E&OE