Confused over Easyjet baggage allowance ...

expat_jo

Hi

I have booked 2 flights with Easyjet (leaves today!) and am now confused about my luggage alowance. I have checked the t&c's and still can't work it out. Can anyone help please?

I will be travelling with my infant son (7 months). As I am travelling out alone and seats were cheap, we booked 2 seats with the intention of taking his car seat onboard for him to sit in. The confirmation email I reseived states:

"The 2 passenger(s) in this booking may check in a combined total of 1 hold bag(s) for each flight on this booking. The total hold weight must not exceed 32 kg"

My husband is joining us for the end of the holiday so there will be 2 adults flying back and we are happy for him to be on our laps. As my husband booked a return, I have booked seperately a return with my son on my lap. The baggage requirement sent with this booking is:

"The 1 passenger(s) in this booking may check in a combined total of 1 hold bag(s) for each flight on this booking. The total hold weight must not exceed 20 kg."

So ... does that mean I can take 32 kilos on my flight out? I want to take some cartons of baby milk so will have far more weight going out than coming back.

Many thanks for any advice...

apt

The hold baggage allowance with Easyjet is 20 kg per person. The 32 kg refers to the upper limit of what you are allowed to take in a single bag, but you would be charged £9 per kilo excess on the amount over 20 kg.

expat_jo

So, as I have booked 2 seats, can I add a bag and get 40 kilos or can I not because 1 seat is for an infant?

Thanks again

fifeken

Look at the "Manage my Bookings" screen and it will detail what you are allowed and let you add bags if required.

lady123_2

It's definitely 20kg per person, but not for the infant, but you take as much weight as you want in the canbin so long as it fits in there little rack at check in, bring a little carrier bag just incase you go slightly over, wear heavy shoes and coats, saves on baggage, you just take them off when flying anyway.
Also we used to put a few things in the bottom of the buggy, they cant tell at check in as you leave the buggy at the foot of the plane.

stoneman

apt wrote: »

The hold baggage allowance with Easyjet is 20 kg per person. The 32 kg refers to the upper limit of what you are allowed to take in a single bag, but you would be charged £9 per kilo excess on the amount over 20 kg.

On our way home from Faro last week, we had 21 KG in our bag. The check-in guy heard us saying how close to the limlt we were, he then said that people get confused over the limit. He said it was 32 KG that we could have put in the bag without excess charge!!!

fifeken

stoneman wrote: »

On our way home from Faro last week, we had 21 KG in our bag. The check-in guy heard us saying how close to the limlt we were, he then said that people get confused over the limit. He said it was 32 KG that we could have put in the bag without excess charge!!!

Everyone should hope they get him when they check in as he doesn't know Easyjet's rules!

http://www.easyjet.co.uk/EN/Planning/baggage.html

Pay extra over 20kg unless it's prebooked sports equipment which takes the allowance up to 32kg.

bloaty

fifeken wrote: »

Everyone should hope they get him when they check in as he doesn't know Easyjet's rules!

http://www.easyjet.co.uk/EN/Planning/baggage.html

Pay extra over 20kg unless it's prebooked sports equipment which takes the allowance up to 32kg.

There is another thread on here somewhere which states that if there are 2 people travelling and you only book 1 hold bag you can take up to 32 Kgs for free. The weight limit is 32 Kgs but you can have 20 Kgs pp so they said you can take 1 bag for 2 people up to 32 Kgs for free!!

It was on Martin's airline thread somewhere. FOUND IT ON THE HOMEPAGE, LOL.


We are regular users of easy jet. Try these..
telephone for ' free' for those with talk talk and free calls to non o8 type numbers, 01582700036. This is a customer service number i use for all my flight queries and change to bookings, extra luggage etc.
When I book flights for the 3 of us in our family, you actually get an allowance of 20kg EACH. It's the number of bags you pay for. So do this..take one HUGE suitcase, and as you have a 60kg allowance you are actually allowed to put 32kgs in it (the max amount for one bag). This combined with 3 very well packed hand cases gives us plenty of space. And for those of you not bringing the contents of the huge case back (I have an apartment I have been kitting out from UK as stuff here is cheaper) I pack in huge laundry bags, and pay one way only, sfuffing the empty folded laundry bags in my hand luggage when I come home. I took 4 sun loungers out with me a couple of weeks ago

It's the number of bags you pay for. So do this..take one HUGE suitcase, and as you have a 60kg allowance you are actually allowed to put 32kgs in it (the max amount for one bag).

Thanks that's a good tip :T

jollytraveller

Anyone achieved consistency in the way Easyjet check-in staff decide upon what's paid for carrying golf equipment? Previously we travelled with hand-baggage only and pre-paid the extra for golf equipment. However recently at check-in we were told that golf equipment must weigh less than 12 kilos, if no baggage is checked. Explanation given was that checked baggage gives 20 kgs allowance and the payment for golf equipments adds 12kgs to this, making a total checked baggage weight of 32kgs. Above that, excess baggage charges apply. On this interpretation, if you don't check one bag, then all weight above 12 kgs of golf equipment counts as excess baggage. The cheaper alternative was to check one bag at the airport, at double the price compared with pre-payment.

Is this a new interpretation of some very ambivalent wording in Easyjet's guidance on baggage charges? What's travellers experience?

alanrowell

Easyjet allow pooling of luggage allowances, so if you book 2 seats you can have a luggage allowance of 40kg.

HOWEVER if you book only one bag then that drops to 32kg because no single bag can weigh more than 32kg.

paulswife

If its any help-OH and I have just returned from Lanzarote and each took a bike (in a box)-bikes weighed 25kg each-only took rucksacks each. Bikes are included in sports equipment.Prepaid the bike charges online-£15 ish each way per bike. Absolutely no problems