Baggage Handling Tips

GENERAL TIPS

• Free baggage allowance, weight and size specifications always depend on the airline, the aircraft used and the class of service booked. Please check on your airline’s Baggage Allowance Policy & Restrictions. This information is available on your ticket or the airlines’ website. Your compliance will avoid any inconvenience related to excess baggage and item offloads.

• Label all your bags and put your contact information inside and outside every bag. In addition to this information, you should also put a copy of your itinerary inside every bag to make it easier for the airline to reunite you if you are separated from your luggage. Do the same with your carry-on bag in case you are forced to check that bag at the last minute. For personal security reasons, you may want to use an address other than your home address.

• Customize the look of your bag to make it easy to identify. Many bags on a flight may have a similar design, so customize the bag to make it easy to spot on a baggage carousel. This will keep other passengers from picking it up by mistake.

• Keep valuable items with you. Money, laptop computers, electronic files, and other items of high value or importance should be kept in a carry-on bag, preferably one that is small enough to stow under a seat or light enough to store in the overhead bin. The airline may insist on checking larger carry-on bags if the overhead bins become filled.

• Never pack these items in your check-in baggage: Jewelry, medications, keys, cameras, electronics, lithium batteries /power banks, or anything else you can’t replace. Bring an extra pair of your prescription lenses and clothing in your hand carry.

• Make sure that the airline tag on your checked luggage is for the correct destination.

• Make sure that you keep the stub from your checked luggage. This stub is a critical document that will be needed if your luggage is lost by the airline or if you are trying to prove that you own a piece of luggage.

• Immediately report the loss of checked luggage. If your checked bag does not arrive at your destination, immediately report this problem to the baggage agent on duty or to any other available representative from your airline.

• Prepare to deal with a lost bag. Pack key items in your carryon bag like extra clothing, & essential items for a business meeting so you can continue your trip if your checked bags are lost or delayed.

• Don't pack hazardous goods. There are quite a number of items or materials, some of them not so obvious. Please check your airline website for guidance.

HAND CARRIED LUGGAGE

• The standard is one piece of hand carry luggage per passenger with a maximum dimension of 55 X 40 X 20 cm and maximum weight of 7 kg

• Money, laptop computers, electronic files, and other items of high value or importance should be kept in a carry-on bag, preferably one that is small enough to stow under a seat or light enough to store in the overhead bin.

• Other items to be packed in your carry-on are jewelry, medications, keys, cameras, electronics, power banks, or anything else you can’t replace. Bring an extra pair of your prescription lenses and clothing in your hand carry.

• In addition, the following items may be carried in the cabin free of charge:

  • 1 small handbag, wrist bag, small shoulder strap bag or small laptop bag

  • 1 overcoat or wrap or blanket

  • 1 walking stick

  • 1 small camera or 1 pair of binoculars

  • A reasonable amount of reading material for the flight.

  • 1 infant’s carrying basket and baby food for consumption during the flight

  • 1 fully collapsible baby pushchair or stroller

• For handicapped passenger:

  • 1 wheelchair (only in the hold)

  • 1 pair of crutches or braces

  • 1 small dialysis equipment for self-use of the passenger

  • 1 other orthopaedic device

• As a standards TSA rule, each passenger is allowed to hand carry, one quart-sized, transparent, re-sealable bag of liquid, aerosol, gels, creams, and pastes through the checkpoint. These are limited to 3.4 ounces (100 milliters) or less per item. Containers larger than 3.4 ounces are not allowed even if the content is less than 3.4 ounces. Liquids more than the allowed quatitiy must be packed in your check-in baggage. This is also known as the 3-1-1 liquid rule.