Low cost airline baggage fees dissected - INFOGRAPHIC

Travelling with low-cost airlines? This infographic may well be your best friend next time you're packing you bags.

For 16 popular low-cost airlines we compared their baggage allowances, costs and fees and bring you the ultimate guide for your next trip. Did you know it can actually be cheaper to pay for your friend to fly with you and carry a piece of baggage, rather than pay up to €135 in Ryanair fees? Or that leaving toiletries at home and buying replacements when you get to your destination can be cheaper than taking them with you?

To help make it all clearer, WhichAirline.com went through the costs related to checked-in baggage and the fees for excess weight from various airlines in Europe and put it all together in one infographic. Check our infographic and find out how to save and what to avoid.

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Overview of baggage allowance and fees

*more options and conditions can be found at airline's website

The infographic is also available in GBP.

Note: Prices shown in the infographics and the chart are valid for short-haul flights within Europe only. Always check your airline's website before your departure to get the latest information about baggage allowance for your flight. Prices may slightly differ due to exchange rates conversion.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

Comments

• about 6 months ago

  S.B.

  Hi Martin,

  Thanks for visiting our web and for your feedback. I have to point out that we refer to extra luggage - a 25 kg bag, the kind of bag you're likely to take on a big longer getaway, not to standard prepaid 20 kg luggage.

  regards

• about 6 months ago

  Martin

  Funny, but not so thoroughly researched. In the case of Ryanair you can book in advance online 2 bags with 15 kg each for a price between €50 and € 80, depending on season and flight.

• about 7 months ago

  S.B.

  Hi Niels,

  Well, you're quite right. SAS fall absolutely into the traditional carriers-category but we included it for the sake of comparison. Sometimes the so-called cheap carriers turn out not to be exactly as cheap as they want to have us believe!

  Thank for reading and commenting!

• about 7 months ago

  S.B.

  Hi Milan,

  I'm not quite sure how service card in Air Berlin works. If you want to be on the safe side, I suggest you contact the cutomer service.

  good luck!

• about 7 months ago

  Milan

  Hallo,ich habe service card von Air Berlin,bis 23 kg ist free + golf bag/15 kg/ ?
  danke.

• about 7 months ago

  Niels

  Since when is SAS a low cost airline?