Excess and Unaccompanied Baggage

If you want to avoid a nasty shock at check-in, take a look at the free baggage limits for your airline in the Airline Directory section and be careful not to exceed it. The reason is simple: if all 300 passengers on a long haul flight each exceeded their limit by 5 kilos, the airline would be paying to haul an extra 1.5 tonnes over a long distance! Excess baggage fees can be considerable and if you have no option but to move a lot of luggage by air you would be well advised to look at the service offered by the Excess Baggage Company offering different grades of service based on urgency of delivery. The service can take up to 10 days to deliver baggage to your final destination.