Last updated: 30 October 2026.
These rules cover flights run by KLM (and KLM Cityhopper). On a flight run by a partner airline, follow that airline's rules or the stricter of the two. Prices are in euros (EUR).
Cabin baggage
- Small bag: free on every ticket, up to 40 x 30 x 15 cm, stored beneath the seat ahead. In an emergency-exit seat it goes in the overhead bin instead.
- Hand baggage: up to 55 x 35 x 25 cm, handles and wheels counted, stored in the overhead bins.
Economy Basic
- Small bag
- 1
- Hand baggage
- None (one piece can be bought in My Trip until 4 hours before departure)
- Total weight
- 12 kg
Economy Light, Standard, Flex
- Small bag
- 1
- Hand baggage
- 1
- Total weight
- 12 kg (the small bag plus the hand bag)
Premium Comfort
- Small bag
- 1
- Hand baggage
- 2
- Total weight
- 12 kg
Business
- Small bag
- 1
- Hand baggage
- 2
- Total weight
- 18 kg
On a crowded flight KLM can take your hand baggage from you at the boarding gate and carry it in the hold at no charge, even within the limits, so keep medicines and essentials in your small bag. A bag that is too big or heavy must be checked for a fee. Leaving the United States, TSA rules allow one hand baggage piece and one small bag in any class.
Checked baggage
A checked bag can measure up to 158 cm in total (length + width + height), handles and wheels counted.
- Economy Basic and Light
- None
- Economy Standard and Flex
- 1 bag up to 23 kg (on some routes 1 additional bag)
- Premium Comfort Light
- None
- Premium Comfort Standard and Flex
- 2 bags up to 23 kg each
- Business Light
- 1 bag up to 32 kg
- Business Standard and Flex
- 2 bags up to 32 kg each
Children and infants
- Infants 0 to 23 months on a lap: 1 item of hand baggage up to 55 x 35 x 25 cm and 12 kg, plus baby food for the flight. Basic and Light tickets have no checked bag. On other tickets, 1 checked bag up to 10 kg.
- Infants with a seat of their own and children on a child ticket: the same hand and checked baggage as the ticket type gives.
Flying Blue members
Flying Blue Ultimate and Platinum members can bring 2 extra pieces of checked baggage for free on KLM and Air France flights. Gold and Silver members can check in 1 extra piece for free. Your benefits follow your level on the day of the flight.
Extra, oversized and overweight baggage
- Extra bags: up to 10 pieces per person (depending on the aircraft). More than 3 pieces must be arranged in advance with the KLM Customer Contact Center. Buy extra bags in My Trip, which is usually cheaper than at the airport.
- Price of an extra bag up to 23 kg, bought at least 24 hours before departure: EUR 20 to EUR 70 per piece on flights within Europe, EUR 30 to EUR 240 on intercontinental flights. The price depends on factors including flight duration.
- Oversized or overweight bags: a bag over 158 cm is oversized and a bag over 23 kg (32 kg in Business) is overweight. The fee is EUR 75 to EUR 100 on flights within Europe and EUR 100 to EUR 300 on intercontinental flights, depending on the route and airline.
- Limits: a bag must never exceed 300 cm in total dimensions or weigh more than 32 kg. Otherwise it can go as cargo.
Special baggage
Bicycles and tandems
Charged a route-based fee. Reserve in My Trip two days before departure at the latest. Use a bike box or other bicycle packaging, with handlebars turned in line with the frame, pedals and protruding parts taken off, and ideally let the tyres down. E-bikes travel only without the battery.
Golf
A set of clubs, balls and a pair of shoes, up to 23 kg in Economy and Premium Comfort or 32 kg in Business, counts as 1 piece of checked baggage. Standard and Flex tickets may use their free bag for it, with no reservation. Basic and Light tickets must buy 1 piece. Flying Blue Silver members and above may add 1 golf bag over their allowance.
Skis and snowboards
Travel in place of a checked bag with no reservation, to a maximum of 300 cm in total dimensions and 23 kg in Economy and Premium Comfort or 32 kg in Business. A ski set means a pair of skis, poles and boots; a snowboard set means a board and boots.
Avalanche rescue backpack
Allowed instead of a hand or checked piece, with a reservation. Models with an explosive trigger are never allowed.
Questions travellers ask us
How much hand baggage can I take on KLM?
A small bag of 40 x 30 x 15 cm plus one piece of hand baggage of 55 x 35 x 25 cm (two in Premium Comfort and Business), with a combined weight of 12 kg (18 kg in Business). Economy Basic includes only the small bag.
Is a checked bag included?
On Economy Standard and Flex, 1 bag up to 23 kg. Basic and Light include none. Premium Comfort Standard and Flex include 2 bags of 23 kg, and Business includes 1 or 2 bags of 32 kg.
How much is an extra bag?
EUR 20 to EUR 70 within Europe and EUR 30 to EUR 240 on intercontinental flights, if bought at least 24 hours before departure.
What is the maximum bag size and weight?
158 cm in length + width + height and 23 kg (32 kg in Business) without a fee. Never more than 300 cm or 32 kg.
Baggage Allowance is an independent information site and is not part of KLM.
5 questions and answers
Please check this with the airline and try to persuade the immigration authorities about it. You can also contact your embassy in this country, if you need their help.
Allowance given in earlier mail on per person (adult or child, not infant) basis.
If yours is an economy ticket, allowance is 1 bag of up to 23 kg in check-in and 1 carryon and 1 accessory item of total 12 kg weight. Size of check in bag shall not exceed 158 cm linear dimensions and that of carry on baggage shall not be more than 115 cm linear dimensions.
1 check in bag of up to 23 kg is the free allowance and a hand baggage of 12 kg is also free. This is for economy class passengers. Return journey will also entail same free allowance and you will have to pay for excess baggage for both legs of journey.
You can buy it online on the website of the KLM Dutch airline. The website also provides a calculator to know how much is it going to cost you.
Calculator can be found here: https://www.klm.com/travel/nl_en/prepare_for_travel/baggage/Baggage_Calculator/index.htm
For your route, if you want to take an extra bag of 23 kg, then you will have to pay Euro 100 at airport or Euro 80 when you buy online.
You can also make use of My Trip section of the website to login to your account and add the baggage. This can be done by visiting https://www.klm.com/ams/mytrip/start.xhtml?COUNTRY=nl&LANG=en
Also, please read through the terms and conditions for buying the excess baggage online ahead of your travel date.
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