Excess Baggage Fee Calculators by Airline

✓ Checked: July 2026 against published airline rates · Exact fees vary by fare and route, so the rate shown in your booking is the one that binds

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Until an airline's calculator goes live, its baggage allowance guide carries the excess rules we have checked for it.

The two billing systems on the India–Gulf corridor

Almost every excess bill comes from one of two systems, and your ticket decides which applies.

The weight system charges per kilogram. Your ticket includes a total checked allowance, commonly 15 kg domestic in India and 25–30 kg to the Gulf. Everything above that figure gets billed per kg at the rate set for your route. Most economy tickets between India and the Gulf run this way: IndiGo to Dubai, Air India Express to Sharjah, Saudia to Jeddah.

The piece system charges per bag. The ticket includes a set number of bags at a capped weight each, typically 2 × 23 kg. Fees trigger when you bring an extra bag, or when one bag runs over its cap. Gulf carriers apply this on routes to the US and Canada.

The same airline can run both. An Etihad ticket from Mumbai to London bills by weight; an Etihad ticket from Mumbai to New York bills by piece. The baggage line on your ticket names the system for your trip, and it wins over any general rule.

The 32 kg cap is a safety rule for baggage handlers. A 40 kg suitcase must become two bags before anyone will load it.

Why prebooking online costs 30 to 50% less

IndiGo's published pattern shows the gap plainly: roughly ₹700 per kg at the domestic counter against roughly ₹400 per kg prepaid through Manage Booking, as checked in July 2026. Same kilos, same flight, about 43% less for paying early. Other carriers on the corridor follow the same shape, with prepaid slabs or online rates sitting well below the counter figure.

The gap has a simple cause: at the counter, minutes before check-in closes, you have no alternative, and the price reflects that. Online, weeks out, the airline is competing with your option to repack or leave things behind, so the rate drops.

Every airline on our list sells prepaid excess through its website or app, usually up to a few hours before departure. A ₹500 luggage scale at home tells you whether you need it. Weigh, then decide: buy a slab, repack, or cut weight. All three beat finding out at the belt scale.

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Why every figure here is a range

Excess rates change without much notice, differ between domestic and international sectors, and on international routes are set per route rather than as one flat number. A Dubai sector and a Jeddah sector on the same airline can carry different per-kg rates in the same week. Fare families move the free allowance too, and a bigger allowance changes what counts as excess in the first place.

So we publish ranges, date every check, and build each calculator with editable rate fields. The binding figure is always the one your airline shows for your booking on the day you pay. Treat this page as the map and Manage Booking as the meter.

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Rates compiled by SafarCheck in July 2026 from published airline information and cross-referenced sources. Rates and slabs change; the figure your airline shows for your booking is the one that binds. SafarCheck is not affiliated with any airline.