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If passengers bring checked baggage as surfboard and bicycles, these items will be charged a fixed handling fee because of size, fragility, or other handling requirement, while other items can be checked as one of their checked baggage in stead.

If passenger pays online:
- £20/$30/€25 for the first checked bag, £60/$90/€70 for additional checked bag on flights from/ to Heathrow to/ from Aberdeen, Belfast, Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds Bradford, Manchester, Newcastle

- £30/$45/€40 for the first checked bag, £60/$90/€70 for additional checked bag on flights from/ to Heathrow to/ from Amsterdam, Barcelona, Basel, Bergen, Berlin, Bilbao, Bologna, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Copenhagen, Dusseldorf, Faro, Frankfurt, Geneva, Gibraltar, Gothenburg, Hamburg, Hanover, Helsinki, Ibiza, Krakow, Lisbon, Luxembourg, Lyon, Malaga, Marseille, Milan, Munich, Nice, Olbia, Oslo, Palma, Paris, Pisa, Porto, Prague, Rome, Rotterdam, Sofia, Split, Stavanger, Stockholm, Stuttgart, Toulouse, Tripoli, Venice, Vienna, Warsaw, Zagreb, Zurich

- £40/$60/€55 for the first checked bag, £60/$90/€70or additional checked bag on flights from/ to Heathrow to/ from Athens, Corfu, Gran Canaria, Istanbul, Kiev, Kos, Larnaca, Mykonos, Santorini, St Petersburg

If passenger pays at the airport:
- £65/$100/€75 for each checked baggage on flights from/ to Heathrow to/ from Aberdeen, Belfast, Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds Bradford, Manchester, Newcastle

- £65/$100/€75 for each checked baggage on flights from/ to Heathrow to/ from Amsterdam, Barcelona, Basel, Bergen, Berlin, Bilbao, Bologna, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Copenhagen, Dusseldorf, Faro, Frankfurt, Geneva, Gibraltar, Gothenburg, Hamburg, Hanover, Helsinki, Ibiza, Krakow, Lisbon, Luxembourg, Lyon, Malaga, Marseille, Milan, Munich, Nice, Olbia, Oslo, Palma, Paris, Pisa, Porto, Prague, Rome, Rotterdam, Sofia, Split, Stavanger, Stockholm, Stuttgart, Toulouse, Tripoli, Venice, Vienna, Warsaw, Zagreb, Zurich

- £65/$100/€75 for each checked baggage on flights from/ to Heathrow to/ from Athens, Corfu, Gran Canaria, Istanbul, Kiev, Kos, Larnaca, Mykonos, Santorini, St Petersburg

You may declare a value for checked baggage in excess of the standard applicable liability limits. You will need to make this request at the check-in desk before you check in your bag, and the excess value charge must be paid then/at the start of your journey.

• Raises the limit of British Airways’ responsible to a higher figure of up to 2,000 SDRs
• Maximum valuation per passenger is 2,000 SDRs (equivalent amount will depend on the rate of exchange of the currency used)
• Charged at a rate of $25 / £14 / €21 per passenger covers flights exploited by British Airways only

• Does not cover the return flight unless specifically requested at the start of the journey
• Is not an insurance premium. It increases the cap on the compensation payable if British Airways is legally responsible for lost, damaged or delayed baggage of passengers.
• Does not permit you to recover the sum declared in the event of loss, damage or delay; you can only recover for proven losses and damage

You can take musical instruments (including cases) on board our aircraft, in any cabin, as part of your free carry-on baggage allowance, provided their maximum dimensions do not exceed 56cm x 45cm x 25cm permitted for carry-on baggage.

Larger or heavier instruments will need to be checked into the hold and will be considered as part of your free checked baggage allowance. If necessary, you can buy additional checked baggage to meet your needs.

Yes, if the bag/box with your wedding dress / morning suit inside it accommodates within the airline’s maximum permitted dimensions/allowance for your personal cabin baggage.

Each passenger can bring a golf set as one piece of checked baggage, which means that if, for example, your ticket allows you one item of checked baggage and you take a suitcase to check in plus a set of golf clubs, you would need to pay for one additional item.

The airline will accept golf equipment as checked baggage providing it does not exceed the maximum weight restrictions for checked baggage and is packed securely in a recognized bag or case.

The bag can be up to a maximum size of 190cm x 75cm x 65cm (75in x 29.5in x 25.5in).

Bags weighing more than 23kg (51lb) may be subject to a heavy baggage charge.

A golfing umbrella or parasol carried separately counts as one item of baggage.

If you're departing from a US airport, you are not allowed to bring Christmas crackers in any baggage.

If departing from a UK airport, you cannot bring Christmas crackers in carry baggage but can carry in your checked baggage providing they meet the following conditions:
- Maximum two boxes per passenger
- The crackers must be commercially manufactured
- The crackers must be in the manufacturer's original packaging
- The crackers must be for personal use only
- Homemade crackers are not permitted