Check luggage weight against the allowance and estimate excess fees.
Per-kilogram charging makes small excesses cheap and large ones expensive, while flat fees do the reverse. Moving two kilograms into hand luggage usually costs nothing and removes the charge entirely. Airport excess baggage rates are typically several times the price of pre-booking additional allowance online.
Luggage Weight
Excess = bag weight − allowance; fee is per kilogram or a flat charge
Excess = bag weight − allowance; fee is per kilogram or a flat charge Per-kilogram charging makes small excesses cheap and large ones expensive, while flat fees do the reverse. Moving two kilograms into hand luggage usually costs nothing and removes the charge entirely.
Airport excess baggage rates are typically several times the price of pre-booking additional allowance online.
This calculator takes 5 inputs: Bag weight, Weight allowance, Excess fee per kilogram, Flat overweight fee if applicable, Fee structure. The pre-filled defaults are a realistic starting point — replace them with figures from your own environment for a result you can act on.