Describe in detail different kinds of air tickets (Round the world tickets (RTWs) ), Multi-stopover tickets, Open jaw tickets, Air passes, Spur legs, Overland and by sea.)

Text 5.                BAGGAGE ESSENTIALS

Hand baggage

Hand baggage is something that you take onto the aircraft with you. Usually you are allowed one piece of hand baggage plus a laptop or handbag. A 23kg maximum bag weight applies and you must be able to lift the bag into the overhead lockers in the aircraft cabin unaided.

Your main piece of hand baggage is up to the dimensions 56cm x 45cm x 25cm (22in x 18in x10in), including the handle, pockets and wheels. You can easily check whether you bag suit these sizes. You can put your bag into the bag gauge, available at the check-in area. And in case your bag fits the bag gauge you have nothing to worry about.

The bag gauge

 

Your laptop or handbag is up to the dimensions 45cm x 36cm x 20cm, including the handle and pockets. Your laptop or handbag must fit under the seat in front of you.

Checked baggage

You are entitled to a free baggage allowance, which will vary depending on airline and class of travel. How large and heavy can my bag be?

The dimensions of the bag should be: 90cm x 75cm x 43cm (35.5 x 29.5 x 16 inches), including the handle, pockets and wheels. The weight of the bag should be up to 20kg.

What to do with larger/bulky items: you may take bags up to the dimensions 190cm x 75cm x 65cm (75 x 29.5 x 25.5 inches), including the handle, pockets and wheels.

This allows you to take items such as sporting equipment and musical instruments at no additional cost as part of your free checked baggage allowance.

Any bags carried in addition to your free checked baggage allowance will incur an extra bag charge. These larger bags can take longer to arrive from your flight and are generally delivered to a separate area of the baggage hall.

If you wish to take more bags than your free checked baggage allowance or your bag is heavier than the free weight allowance, you must pay for it. It is possible to pay at the airport, as you check in, but these will be charged at a higher rate. Save yourself time and money by paying for your extra bags online.

You can take an unlimited number of mobility aids, e.g. wheelchairs, if they are for personal use only. These will be carried free of charge in addition to the applicable checked baggage allowance.

Wheelchairs will be carried irrespective of weight. If your wheelchair weighs over 32kg you should make at least a 24-hour notice to the airport.

If you are in any doubt or require assistance, please contact us for further information and guidance.

Do you prefer to 'travel light' and avoid the need for queuing up at the check-in? Sometimes a service in provided, in conjunction with the partner First Luggage, where your luggage can be collected from your home or office prior to your departure and then delivered to your destination, irrespective of your class of travel.

Banned and restricted items

Governments and local authorities may impose restrictions on what you are allowed to take on board with you and what you pack in the baggage that you check in. Banned, restricted and dangerous goods are articles or substances that are capable of poising a risk to health, safety, property or the environment.

The following list covers all those items that are forbidden to be carried anywhere on flights:

- Disabling devices - mace, pepper spray, etc.

- Explosives - fireworks, flares, etc.

- Security-type attache cases containing dangerous goods - pyrotechnic devices, etc.

-  Electro shock weapons - e.g. Tasers - containing dangerous goods such as explosives, compressed gases.

-   Lithium batteries, etc.

- Strike anywhere matches

- Flammable gas cylinders

- Flammable liquids - paint, petrol, lighter refills, solvents, varnish, etc.

- Flammable solids / Substances liable to spontaneous combustion/ firelighters.

- Oxidising materials - bleach, peroxides, some fertilisers, etc.

- Corrosives materials - acids, alkalis, wet cell batteries, etc.

- Toxic (poisonous) substances - weed killer, insecticides, etc.

 

Some restricted items require notification to your airline. The following list covers the items that may be carried on flights with British Airways but require the airline's approval prior to flying and where quantities or regulation of the items are restricted:

- Explosives - ammunition

- Camping stoves and fuel containers

- Solid carbon dioxide (dry ice)

- Heat-producing articles - underwater torches, irons, etc.

- Mercury-filled items - barometers, thermometers, etc.

- Avalanche rescue pack

- Chemical agent monitoring equipment

 - Non-flammable gas cylinder - as part of a life-jacket'- Oxygen and other small cylinders for medical use

- Wheelchairs and Mobility aids - powered with either non-spillable, spillable or Lithium batteries.

Damaged, delayed and lost baggage

If the airline misplaces or loses your baggage, it will make every effort to return it to you as soon as possible and deliver it to an address of your choice free of charge within 24 hours of its arrival at their final destination. The majority of bags are re-united with their owners within 72 hours.

But the airline does not accept liability for fragile, valuable, perishable articles or baggage which is packed in damaged or unsuitable containers.

Under the Conditions of Carriage we accept no liability for the loss of jewellery, other valuables and money contained in checked baggage. You are advised to keep valuables, important documents and money either on your person or in your hand baggage.

 

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