Last updated: 29 October 2026.
Fees are shown in euro (EUR), Swiss franc (CHF), US dollar (USD) and Canadian dollar (CAD). Lufthansa charges in the currency of the departure airport, and local taxes can be added at some airports. All fees are per bag and per direction unless a row says otherwise.
Cabin baggage
Each ticket comes with a personal item of up to 40 x 30 x 15 cm (stowed under the seat ahead). A carry-on bag is up to 55 x 40 x 23 cm and 8 kg.
Short- and medium-haul flights
Economy Basic
- Personal item
- 1
- Carry-on bag (8 kg each)
- None (can be added for a fee, see below)
Economy Light, Economy Comfort, Comfort Green, Flex
- Personal item
- 1
- Carry-on bag (8 kg each)
- 1
Business Comfort, Comfort Green, Business Flex
- Personal item
- 1
- Carry-on bag (8 kg each)
- 2
Long-haul flights
Economy
- Personal item
- 1
- Carry-on bag (8 kg each)
- 1
Premium Economy
- Personal item
- 1
- Carry-on bag (8 kg each)
- 1
Business
- Personal item
- 1
- Carry-on bag (8 kg each)
- 2
First
- Personal item
- 1
- Carry-on bag (8 kg each)
- 2
- Economy Basic, short- and medium-haul: a carry-on bag of up to 8 kg can be bought for each route, online or via the Service Center, but not at the airport. Outbound and return each count as a route, connections included.
- Status passengers: HON Circle Members, Senators and Star Alliance Gold customers on Economy Basic (short- and medium-haul) get one carry-on bag besides the personal item without paying. A second carry-on bag is not permitted. Other status levels (HON Circle, Senator, Frequent Traveller, Star Alliance Gold and Silver) get the allowance of the cabin they fly in.
- Items counted inside your carry-on allowance: a folding garment bag (up to 57 x 54 x 15 cm and 8 kg), a foldable child's buggy ("pocket buggy", one per toddler, up to 55 x 40 x 23 cm and fully collapsible), duty-free purchases (they do not add an extra bag) and a small musical instrument (up to 125 cm height + width + length and 8 kg).
- Further items that cost nothing in the cabin: a baby bassinet or child seat for every small child, plus mobility aids, orthopaedic aids, prostheses and medical equipment.
- Flights from the USA: US security (TSA) passes just a single carry-on bag together with a personal item, whatever your cabin or status. A second bag must be checked before the checkpoint, including on connecting flights after you arrive in the USA. First and Business passengers on some regional flights and country variations (for example from India and the USA) must also check the second carry-on bag.
- If your carry-on is too big, too heavy or too many: it is removed at check-in or the gate and flown in the hold at your cost. Fees range between EUR 60 / CHF 60 / USD 75 and EUR 110 / CHF 110 / USD 125, depending on the route, payable by credit card only. On crowded flights even compliant bags may be put in the hold; Lufthansa then emails you and lets you hand them in at check-in free of charge. Keep valuables, medicines and battery devices with you in the cabin.
- Economy Basic: available on European routes. Besides the personal item (laptop bag or small backpack), carry-on baggage, hold baggage and a seat can all be booked online up to two hours ahead of take-off.
Free checked baggage
No piece may measure more than 158 cm in total (width, height and depth). Anything larger or heavier, and any extra piece, is charged as excess baggage.
Short- and medium-haul flights (within Europe)
What Lufthansa counts as Europe for the short- and medium-haul rules (IATA definition): Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark (excluding Greenland), Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway (including Svalbard and Jan Mayen), Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russia (the European part west of the Urals, such as Moscow DME and St Petersburg LED), San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom and Vatican City. These rules also apply to flights between Baku and Ashgabat.
- Economy Basic
- None (one personal item only). A first bag can be added at a discounted fee, see below.
- Economy Light
- None. A first bag can be added at a discounted fee.
- Economy Comfort, Comfort Green, Flex
- 1 bag up to 23 kg
- Business Comfort, Comfort Green
- 1 bag up to 32 kg
- Business Flex
- 2 bags up to 32 kg each
Long-haul and intercontinental flights
- Economy Light
- None. A first bag can be added at a discounted fee.
- Economy Class
- 1 bag up to 23 kg
- Premium Economy Light
- 1 bag up to 23 kg
- Premium Economy Class
- 2 bags up to 23 kg each
- Business Light
- 1 bag up to 32 kg
- Business Class
- 2 bags up to 32 kg each
- First Class
- 3 bags up to 32 kg each
Does the price depend on when you pay?
Yes. Extra bags and the discounted first bag cost less when you add them online under "My Bookings" or through the Service Center than at the airport check-in desk. The tables below show both prices side by side. Economy Basic carry-on bags are not sold at the airport.
Free bags for children, babies and status members
- Babies (0 to 2 years): one bag of 23 kg and 158 cm in total dimensions, on any route and at any Miles and More status, other than Economy Basic fares (short- and medium-haul) and Economy Light. On Economy Light only the accompanying adult may book an extra bag; further bags are excess baggage.
- Children over 2 years: the same free allowance as adults in each cabin.
- Per child, one of these is carried free: as checked baggage, a foldable stroller, foldable baby carriage, foldable handcart, foldable bicycle trailer or baby carrier; or as extra cabin baggage, a certified child safety seat, baby carrier or child restraint system. A pocket buggy (fully collapsible, up to 55 x 40 x 23 cm) is carried inside your normal cabin allowance, and goes to the hold if it makes you exceed that allowance. Electric pushchairs are refused. If a child under 2 uses a restraint system, you must buy a separate seat. A child aged 2 to 7 may use their own restraint system.
- Intercontinental, HON Circle Members, Senators and Star Alliance Gold: one free extra bag on Economy Light, and a second on Premium Economy Light and Business Light. Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria flights (either direction) are excluded. Free carriage is arranged only at the check-in counter; if you book the bags online, through the Service Center or a travel agency, normal charges apply.
- Golf: golf gear is free for members of HON Circle, Senators and Star Alliance Gold (not on short- and medium-haul Economy Basic, the Light fare or USA and Canada routes), and 23 kg is free for SWISS Golf Traveller members whenever Lufthansa, SWISS or Austrian Airlines operates.
Discounted first bag (Economy Basic and Light fares)
If you travel on the Basic fare (short- and medium-haul) or any Light fare, the first hold bag can be added at a reduced price, charged for each direction and bag.
Within Germany
- Online (lufthansa.com)
- EUR 20-35 / CHF 25-40 / USD 30-45
- At check-in
- EUR 55 / CHF 60 / USD 70
Europe
- Online (lufthansa.com)
- EUR 35-50 / CHF 40-55 / USD 45-60
- At check-in
- EUR 65 / CHF 70 / USD 80
Intercontinental (USA / Canada)
- Online (lufthansa.com)
- EUR 80 / CHF 90 / USD 90 / CAD 90
- At check-in
- EUR 80 / CHF 90 / USD 90 / CAD 90
Other intercontinental
- Online (lufthansa.com)
- EUR 70-85 / CHF 80-95 / USD 85-100
- At check-in
- EUR 105 / CHF 115 / USD 120
On some intercontinental routes the Economy fare also gives a discounted second bag (23 kg, 158 cm). Between the USA, Canada, Mexico or Central America (Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama) and anywhere else: online EUR 110 / CHF 120 / USD 120 / CAD 120; at check-in EUR 120 / CHF 130 / USD 130 / CAD 130.
Buying a bag during online check-in
- Economy Basic passengers on short- and medium-haul flights who did not buy a carry-on bag earlier can add one during online check-in for a fee. The first checked bag (23 kg, 158 cm) at the reduced price can be added the same way on Economy Basic and Light.
- Any passenger can add standard bags during online check-in if the ticket is confirmed (not waitlisted), the carry-on is within 55 x 40 x 23 cm and 8 kg, the checked bag is within 23 kg (Economy and Premium Economy) or 32 kg (Business and First) and 158 cm (height + width + depth), and you check in online more than 2 hours before departure.
- Available on Lufthansa, SWISS, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Discover Airlines and Air Dolomiti flights. Up to five bags can be bought this way; for more, or for a bag over the weight or size, call the Service Center or pay at the airport.
- A bag charge is not refunded separately once paid. It can be refunded or changed if the ticket allows a refund, after an involuntary ticket change or refund, or after an upgrade to a higher fare.
Extra bags and excess baggage
Excess baggage means a bag over the free weight or size, or more bags than your fare includes. In Economy and Premium Economy a bag is overweight above 23 kg (up to a maximum of 32 kg) and oversized above 158 cm (up to a maximum of 292 cm in total). In Business and First a bag counts as oversized above 158 cm up to 292 cm. Bags over 32 kg are not accepted as baggage; send them as air freight with Lufthansa Cargo. On some routes an Economy passenger gets discounted fees for the second 23 kg bag. If you travel with another airline for part of the trip, ask that airline about its own excess fees.
Overweight or oversized single piece (flat rates)
These flat rates apply when your checked bags match your allowance but one exceeds the weight or size, or when you check more pieces than your allowance.
Within Germany
- Overweight OR oversized (over 23 kg / 32 kg or over 158 cm)
- EUR 40 / CHF 45 / USD 50 / CAD 60
- Overweight AND oversized
- EUR 80 / CHF 90 / USD 95 / CAD 120
Europe
- Overweight OR oversized (over 23 kg / 32 kg or over 158 cm)
- EUR 50 / CHF 60 / USD 65 / CAD 75
- Overweight AND oversized
- EUR 100 / CHF 115 / USD 125 / CAD 150
Levant and North Africa
- Overweight OR oversized (over 23 kg / 32 kg or over 158 cm)
- EUR 75 / CHF 85 / USD 90 / CAD 110
- Overweight AND oversized
- EUR 150 / CHF 170 / USD 180 / CAD 220
Short-haul intercontinental
- Overweight OR oversized (over 23 kg / 32 kg or over 158 cm)
- EUR 100 / CHF 115 / USD 120 / CAD 150
- Overweight AND oversized
- EUR 200 / CHF 230 / USD 240 / CAD 300
Medium-haul intercontinental
- Overweight OR oversized (over 23 kg / 32 kg or over 158 cm)
- EUR 120 / CHF 140 / USD 145 / CAD 180
- Overweight AND oversized
- EUR 240 / CHF 275 / USD 285 / CAD 360
Long-haul intercontinental
- Overweight OR oversized (over 23 kg / 32 kg or over 158 cm)
- EUR 150 / CHF 170 / USD 175 / CAD 220
- Overweight AND oversized
- EUR 300 / CHF 345 / USD 350 / CAD 440
Additional bag, booked online: Economy and Premium Economy
Even if your fare includes free bags, you can add more per route under "My Bookings". The price is shown as a range because it varies by flight.
Within Germany
- Additional standard bag (23 kg, 158 cm)
- EUR 55-70 / CHF 65-80 / USD 70-85 / CAD 85-95
- Overweight OR oversized
- EUR 110-115 / CHF 125-130 / USD 130-135 / CAD 165-170
- Overweight AND oversized
- EUR 150-155 / CHF 170-175 / USD 175-180 / CAD 225-230
Europe
- Additional standard bag (23 kg, 158 cm)
- EUR 65-80 / CHF 75-90 / USD 80-95 / CAD 95-110
- Overweight OR oversized
- EUR 130-135 / CHF 150-155 / USD 155-160 / CAD 195-200
- Overweight AND oversized
- EUR 180-185 / CHF 205-210 / USD 210-215 / CAD 270-280
Levant and North Africa
- Additional standard bag (23 kg, 158 cm)
- EUR 80-100 / CHF 90-110 / USD 95-115 / CAD 120-140
- Overweight OR oversized
- EUR 175-180 / CHF 200-205 / USD 205-210 / CAD 260-265
- Overweight AND oversized
- EUR 250-255 / CHF 285-290 / USD 290-295 / CAD 375-380
Short-haul intercontinental
- Additional standard bag (23 kg, 158 cm)
- EUR 120-140 / CHF 140-160 / USD 145-165 / CAD 180-200
- Overweight OR oversized
- EUR 250-255 / CHF 285-290 / USD 290-295 / CAD 375-380
- Overweight AND oversized
- EUR 350-355 / CHF 400-405 / USD 405-410 / CAD 525-530
Medium-haul intercontinental
- Additional standard bag (23 kg, 158 cm)
- EUR 160-180 / CHF 185-205 / USD 190-210 / CAD 240-265
- Overweight OR oversized
- EUR 320-325 / CHF 370-375 / USD 375-380 / CAD 480-485
- Overweight AND oversized
- EUR 440-445 / CHF 505-510 / USD 510-515 / CAD 660-665
Long-haul intercontinental
- Additional standard bag (23 kg, 158 cm)
- EUR 200-220 / CHF 230-250 / USD 235-255 / CAD 300-325
- Overweight OR oversized
- EUR 400-405 / CHF 460-465 / USD 465-470 / CAD 600-605
- Overweight AND oversized
- EUR 550-555 / CHF 635-640 / USD 640-645 / CAD 825-830
Additional bag, booked online: Business and First
Within Germany
- Additional standard bag (32 kg, 158 cm)
- EUR 55-70 / CHF 65-80 / USD 70-85 / CAD 85-95
- Oversized (over 158 cm, up to 32 kg)
- EUR 110-115 / CHF 125-130 / USD 130-135 / CAD 165-170
Europe
- Additional standard bag (32 kg, 158 cm)
- EUR 65-80 / CHF 75-90 / USD 80-95 / CAD 95-110
- Oversized (over 158 cm, up to 32 kg)
- EUR 130-135 / CHF 150-155 / USD 155-160 / CAD 195-200
Levant and North Africa
- Additional standard bag (32 kg, 158 cm)
- EUR 80-100 / CHF 90-110 / USD 95-115 / CAD 120-140
- Oversized (over 158 cm, up to 32 kg)
- EUR 175-180 / CHF 200-205 / USD 205-210 / CAD 260-265
Short-haul intercontinental
- Additional standard bag (32 kg, 158 cm)
- EUR 120-140 / CHF 140-160 / USD 145-165 / CAD 180-200
- Oversized (over 158 cm, up to 32 kg)
- EUR 250-255 / CHF 285-290 / USD 290-295 / CAD 375-380
Medium-haul intercontinental
- Additional standard bag (32 kg, 158 cm)
- EUR 160-180 / CHF 185-205 / USD 190-210 / CAD 240-265
- Oversized (over 158 cm, up to 32 kg)
- EUR 320-325 / CHF 370-375 / USD 375-380 / CAD 480-485
Long-haul intercontinental
- Additional standard bag (32 kg, 158 cm)
- EUR 200-220 / CHF 230-250 / USD 235-255 / CAD 300-325
- Oversized (over 158 cm, up to 32 kg)
- EUR 400-405 / CHF 460-465 / USD 465-470 / CAD 600-605
Additional bag at the check-in desk: Economy and Premium Economy
Within Germany
- Additional standard bag (23 kg, 158 cm)
- EUR 70 / CHF 80 / USD 85 / CAD 105
- Overweight OR oversized
- EUR 130 / CHF 145 / USD 150 / CAD 185
- Overweight AND oversized
- EUR 170 / CHF 190 / USD 195 / CAD 245
Europe
- Additional standard bag (23 kg, 158 cm)
- EUR 90 / CHF 100 / USD 105 / CAD 130
- Overweight OR oversized
- EUR 150 / CHF 170 / USD 175 / CAD 215
- Overweight AND oversized
- EUR 200 / CHF 225 / USD 230 / CAD 290
Levant and North Africa
- Additional standard bag (23 kg, 158 cm)
- EUR 110 / CHF 125 / USD 130 / CAD 160
- Overweight OR oversized
- EUR 195 / CHF 220 / USD 225 / CAD 280
- Overweight AND oversized
- EUR 270 / CHF 305 / USD 310 / CAD 395
Short-haul intercontinental
- Additional standard bag (23 kg, 158 cm)
- EUR 160 / CHF 180 / USD 185 / CAD 235
- Overweight OR oversized
- EUR 270 / CHF 305 / USD 310 / CAD 395
- Overweight AND oversized
- EUR 370 / CHF 420 / USD 425 / CAD 545
Medium-haul intercontinental
- Additional standard bag (23 kg, 158 cm)
- EUR 210 / CHF 240 / USD 245 / CAD 310
- Overweight OR oversized
- EUR 340 / CHF 390 / USD 395 / CAD 500
- Overweight AND oversized
- EUR 460 / CHF 525 / USD 530 / CAD 680
Long-haul intercontinental
- Additional standard bag (23 kg, 158 cm)
- EUR 260 / CHF 295 / USD 300 / CAD 385
- Overweight OR oversized
- EUR 420 / CHF 480 / USD 485 / CAD 620
- Overweight AND oversized
- EUR 570 / CHF 655 / USD 660 / CAD 845
Additional bag at the check-in desk: Business and First
Within Germany
- Additional bag (32 kg, 158 cm)
- EUR 70 / CHF 80 / USD 85 / CAD 105
- Oversized (over 158 cm)
- EUR 130 / CHF 145 / USD 150 / CAD 185
Europe
- Additional bag (32 kg, 158 cm)
- EUR 90 / CHF 100 / USD 105 / CAD 130
- Oversized (over 158 cm)
- EUR 150 / CHF 170 / USD 175 / CAD 215
Levant and North Africa
- Additional bag (32 kg, 158 cm)
- EUR 110 / CHF 125 / USD 130 / CAD 160
- Oversized (over 158 cm)
- EUR 195 / CHF 220 / USD 225 / CAD 280
Short-haul intercontinental
- Additional bag (32 kg, 158 cm)
- EUR 160 / CHF 180 / USD 185 / CAD 235
- Oversized (over 158 cm)
- EUR 270 / CHF 305 / USD 310 / CAD 395
Medium-haul intercontinental
- Additional bag (32 kg, 158 cm)
- EUR 210 / CHF 240 / USD 245 / CAD 310
- Oversized (over 158 cm)
- EUR 340 / CHF 390 / USD 395 / CAD 500
Long-haul intercontinental
- Additional bag (32 kg, 158 cm)
- EUR 260 / CHF 295 / USD 300 / CAD 385
- Oversized (over 158 cm)
- EUR 420 / CHF 480 / USD 485 / CAD 620
Lufthansa's page does not list which countries belong to the "Levant and North Africa" or the short-, medium- and long-haul intercontinental zones; your booking shows the zone and price that apply. Label every bag with your name and phone number, outside and inside. Tags and stickers are free at the check-in counter.
Special baggage
Sports equipment
Register early
Register sports baggage 72 hours or more before departure, through a travel agency or online, and wait until the booking shows it confirmed. Skis and snowboards that travel as free baggage need this too. Carriage depends on hold space and is not guaranteed. The flat rates are paid at the airport.
Not carried
Vaulting poles are completely prohibited. Equipment over 32 kg and over 315 cm is not accepted as baggage (send it as air freight).
Free carriage
Winter sports equipment is carried free in addition to your free allowance (one ski or snowboard item), other than trips to or from the USA, Mexico and Central America, and other than Economy Basic (short- and medium-haul) and Light fares. Other sports equipment counts as part of your free allowance if the number of pieces and weight stay within it (not on Economy Light).
Bicycles
Need a bicycle travel case or bag. Lufthansa sells no packaging at the airport.
Ski bags
Always handled as bulky baggage at the special counters (Munich 425-426; Frankfurt 301-304 between halls A and B). In Frankfurt, be there 90 minutes or more ahead of departure.
Firearms
Only sporting, hunting and duty firearms, handed in two hours or more before departure, with an airline transport permit requested via the online form once booked. Extra airport fees: South Africa (USD 80), Italy (EUR 60), Spain (EUR 60), Turkey (EUR 30), Zurich (CHF 60) and Geneva (CHF 200, or CHF 250 if handed in over two hours ahead). Firearms are not carried to or from London Heathrow, Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Inverness and Glasgow.
Sports baggage fees per route (EUR / CHF / USD / CAD). The same price applies to every item in the first group below.
Standard sports baggage
- Domestic
- EUR 70 / CHF 80 / USD 85 / CAD 105
- Europe
- EUR 80 / CHF 90 / USD 95 / CAD 120
- Near and Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia
- EUR 100 / CHF 115 / USD 120 / CAD 150
- Short-haul intercontinental
- EUR 150 / CHF 170 / USD 175 / CAD 225
- Medium-haul intercontinental
- EUR 200 / CHF 230 / USD 235 / CAD 300
- Long-haul intercontinental
- EUR 250 / CHF 285 / USD 290 / CAD 375
Fishing
One bag with one fishing rod and one bag with fishing gear, 2 bags at most, up to 200 cm (height + width + depth) with packaging.
Diving
2 bags at most. One with a compressed air cylinder (gas of hazard division 2.2 below 200 kPa / 2 bar measured at 20 C, no liquefied or frozen gas, and the valve open if there is no pressure gauge) or an empty oxygen cylinder, and one with goggles, snorkel, fins, suit, buoyancy jacket and regulator. Up to 200 cm per bag. Diving lamps follow the battery rules.
One board for different sports
(surfing, windsurfing and similar), 1 bag, up to 200 cm in length. Boards up to 315 cm are in the larger table below.
Bicycle
1 standard bicycle (not motorised, no e-bikes), 1 child's bicycle trailer or 1 unicycle, up to 280 cm (height + width + depth), in a travel case or similar container.
Golf
1 golf bag with clubs, balls and tees plus one pair of golf shoes packed in the bag, up to 220 cm (height + width + depth). Lithium-battery golf trolleys follow the "Smart baggage" rules on the electronic devices page.
Ice hockey
Up to 2 bags holding a hockey bag, stick, skates, body protectors and helmet, up to 200 cm (height + width + depth).
Skiing and snowboarding
Up to 2 bags: one with a pair of skis or a snowboard, one with poles and boots, plus a helmet, up to 200 cm in length.
Firearms
Sporting and hunting firearms and ammunition use the same rates, plus the airport fees listed above.
Larger sports baggage
A board for different sports up to 315 cm in length; a tandem (maximum 2 seats, not motorised, no e-bikes) up to 350 cm (height + width + depth) and 315 cm in length; and a hang-gliding set in one bag up to 350 cm (height + width + depth) and 315 cm in length (1 bag).
- Domestic
- EUR 110 / CHF 125 / USD 130 / CAD 165
- Europe
- EUR 130 / CHF 150 / USD 155 / CAD 195
- Near and Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia
- EUR 175 / CHF 200 / USD 205 / CAD 260
- Short-haul intercontinental
- EUR 250 / CHF 285 / USD 290 / CAD 375
- Medium-haul intercontinental
- EUR 320 / CHF 370 / USD 375 / CAD 480
- Long-haul intercontinental
- EUR 400 / CHF 460 / USD 465 / CAD 600
Musical instruments
Small instruments in the cabin
Free if packed and up to 125 cm (height + width + length) and 8 kg, except on Economy Basic short- and medium-haul. The instrument takes the place of your carry-on bag (55 x 40 x 23 cm), so another carry-on bag may be refused. You can still take the personal item (40 x 30 x 15 cm). This includes guitars: a larger one must go in an extra seat or the hold.
Larger instruments
Reserve an extra seat while booking your own ticket (through the Service Center). The price follows the available ticket prices. Cabin limits: 155 x 42 x 25 cm (height, width, depth) for an instrument resting on the floor ahead of the seat, or 110 x 42 x 50 cm strapped into the seat, with a maximum weight of 75 kg.
In the hold
As an extra bag inside the excess baggage size limits, in a sturdy, well-padded case. Traditional carrying cases will not do.
Pets
- Cabin: a dog or cat weighing 8 kg or less with its transport container may travel as extra carry-on baggage, for a fee (the animals page does not give the amount). Larger dogs and cats, and all other species, are not allowed in the cabin.
- Hold: dogs and cats over 8 kg including container can travel as excess baggage in the air-conditioned hold. Other animals go as air freight with Lufthansa Cargo or an animal freight forwarder.
- Limits: up to two animals per passenger, not for commercial purposes: 2 of the same species in one cabin carrier; 1 in the cabin and 1 in the hold; 2 in the hold in separate containers; or 2 of the same species in one hold container (adult animals of similar size up to 14 kg each, or two weaned puppies or kittens of one litter, up to 6 months old and no more than 14 kg each).
- Minimum age: 12 weeks for dogs and cats, 15 weeks for flights to, from or via Germany, and six months for dogs headed to the USA. Pregnant animals and animals with visible illness or injuries are not accepted.
- Registering: register online or via a travel agency three days or more before departure, or with the Service Center a day ahead (two days for assistance dogs). For USA flights, send the online form three days or more ahead and carry two signed printouts of the cabin form; the Service Center cannot register them.
- USA: dogs need the CDC Dog Import Form. Lufthansa now takes dog reservations only for Atlanta, Los Angeles, Miami, New York JFK, Philadelphia, Washington DC, and to Newark if the dog stayed out of any high-risk rabies area in the six months before entry.
- Assistance dogs: carried in the cabin at no charge once the CDC entry rules are met.
- Check-in: online check-in opens 30 hours ahead of take-off. A passenger with a pet in the cabin collects the boarding pass at the airport counter. A passenger whose pet is in the hold can check in online but cannot use self-service bag drop.
- Fighting dog breeds and flat-faced breeds fall under special rules.
Connecting flights and other airlines
- Bags are normally checked through to the final destination. They cannot be if the airport changes, there are operational limits, or customs in the transit country require you to collect them. Anyone landing in India, the USA or Canada from an intercontinental flight and then continuing inside the same country collects the bags, clears customs and checks them in once more.
- When a ticket includes several airlines, the baggage rules of the carrier on the most significant route (normally the longest) apply under its own flight number, up to any stopover of more than 24 hours, whoever operates the flight.
- On journeys to, from or via the USA or Canada, the same rules (allowance, size, weight and cabin baggage) apply on every leg, determined by the first airline on the ticket. Lufthansa cannot promise its own rules will always be used, since that airline can pass the decision to the carrier concerned.
- For US-bound flights, the TSA may break open locked bags, so a TSA-approved lock is advised.
Questions travellers ask us
How much cabin baggage can I take on Lufthansa?
One personal item (40 x 30 x 15 cm) on every fare, plus one 8 kg carry-on (55 x 40 x 23 cm) on every fare except Economy Basic on short- and medium-haul flights. Business and First get two 8 kg carry-on bags.
How many checked bags are free?
None on Economy Basic and Light. 1 bag up to 23 kg on Economy Comfort, Comfort Green, Flex and long-haul Economy Class and Premium Economy Light; 2 bags of 23 kg in Premium Economy Class. Business is 1 or 2 bags up to 32 kg, and First is 3 bags up to 32 kg.
How much is the first bag on Economy Light?
Online EUR 20-35 within Germany, EUR 35-50 within Europe, EUR 80 to or from the USA or Canada and EUR 70-85 on other intercontinental flights; at check-in it is EUR 55, 65, 80 and 105.
What is the heaviest bag Lufthansa accepts?
32 kg. Economy bags over 23 kg and any bag over 158 cm in width + height + depth (up to 292 cm) pay excess fees. Heavier bags go as air freight.
Is it cheaper to add a bag online?
Yes. For example, an extra 23 kg bag within Europe is EUR 65-80 online and EUR 90 at the check-in desk.
Baggage Allowance is an independent information site and is not part of Deutsche Lufthansa AG.
Latest 30 of 47 questions
On Lufthansa domestic flight, free check in baggage allowance for economy passengers is 1 bag of 23 kg for every adult passenger. Oman airways allows 30 kg free allowance. There is a codeshare agreement between the two carriers which means that there will be a common baggage allowance policy as well. Since your ticket mentions, 30 kg, it canbe presumed to be the check-in baggage allowance. You shall be able to take it in 1 check-in bag.
It can be carried in addition to the cabin baggage allowance.
Some airlines consider it as another cabin baggage. So, generally, we suggest that backpack shall be avoided. However, you can check with the airline customer support as well.
USD 230 or USD 287 is the charge for an additional bag in check-in above the free allowance limits (weight up to 23 kg and linear dimensions up to 158 cm). You are required to book the excess baggage ahead of flight date by contacting the airline. The customer support of the airline will inform whether this can be paid at the airport or not. In general, this can be paid for at the airport check in counters of the airline.
Thank you
Hima K.
You have not mentioned which ticket type have you booked? Economy travel on Lufthansa allows you to take 1 bag of 23 kg in check in whereas Premium Economy allows you 2 bags of 23 kg each per adult or child passenger. Carry on baggage allowance is of 8 kg.
Baggage allowances of respective cabin classes of travel would apply. Economy allowances for economy class travel and business class allowance for business class upgrades.
Please tell us the full itinerary including which airline and cabin class you are flying.
Your answer came in too late.
But just for the sake if someone has the same question - your answer is wrong!
Zam-zam water can be taken IN ADDITION to the permitted baggage allowance. It has to be sealed and in a particular packaging, which is provided like this at the airport. It has to be checked in seperately, meaning it cannot be within the luggage itself.
Thanks for adding this to our information. Even we base our answers on what others have experienced and have told us. This signals that the airline has changed its ZAMZAM water carriage policy because earlier it took it as a part of check in baggage and not in addition to it. Thanks once again.
I have a flight from JED to FRA on the 22.06. Booking class Economy. Can I take Zamzam -water with me as part of my luggage allowance? Or can I take it additionally to my luggage allowance? Please advice asap. Thx in advance.
You can take it within the permitted allowance limit of check in baggage but zam zam water shall be up to 10 litres and in original plastic sealed packing.
Additional weight 9kg at what cost?
For economy and premium economy routes within Europe, the charge is Euro 50 for taking bags up to 32 kg weight.
How much for extra 10kg?
Since you intend to bring additional 10 kg, it has to be a separate bag as since check in bag can not be more than 32 kg. So, for 1 additional bag of up to 23 kg, you have to pay Euro 80
LH 759 is from Chennai to Frankfurt. You have not mentioned the cabin class of travel. Anyways, for economy it is 1 bag of 23 kg and 1 cabin bag of 8 kg and for premium economy, it is
for 2 of us from Dallas ( TX ) Dallas Ft worth Intl.to Frankfurt and connecting
flight to Bangalore.
Kindly let me know the free baggage allowance ,Check in / carry on baggage
and oblige.
Dssrao.
2 check in bags of 32 kg each are free allowance per adult or child passenger in Lufthansa business class.
Carry-on baggage allowance is 2 bags of 8 kg each per adult or child passenger.
This is the allowance when connecting flight is also provided by Lufthansa airlines
Please let me know baggage allowance for the same.
1 check in bag of 23 kg is free allowance on economy class flights. 1 cabin bag of 8 kg is also allowed free.
The check in baggage allowance on Lufthansa flights is based on piece system. So, number of pieces matter in primary consideration. Therefore, if you want to take an additional bag keeping the overall weight same, it will not be free as the number of pieces being carried is more than the prescribed limit.
You have not mentioned the cabin class of travel. For economy class travellers, the allowance is 2 bags of 23 kg in check-in and 1 bag of 8 kg in cabin, per adult or child passenger. This is on condition that the flight is via Europe, irrespective of the number of stops. If you are flying any other class or have flight via any other region except Europe, please let us know.
For my Lufthansa booking code SUKHEY travel to Newark USA from Chennai( LH759 and LH402 via Frankfurt ) class economy (v) on 7th Jan 2019 in itinerary it is mentioned TWO checked in bags and ONE cabin baggage free of charge
Kindly clarify that surely can I take 2 check in baggage of 23kgs and 8 kg cabin without any hassle per passenger
And vice versa for return on 1st July 2019
Expecting your mail reply
With regards
Ramachandran
Yes, if it is mentioned in the ticket, and the ticket has been booked directly with the airline, then it can be taken.
1 bag of 23 kg in check in and 1 cabin bag of 8 kg is free allowance for passengers in economy class.
I have enquired regarding the baggage details of Lufthansa. I have booked ticket in Economy class and I m travelling to US from chennai.
It was mentioned that from your customer care reply mail that I am allowed to take 23kg I.e., 1 checked in and a handlaggage of 8kgs. But when I enquired via phone call to Lufthansa customer care, they have mentioned that 1 can carry 2 checked in bags of 23kgs each for a person and a handlaggae of 8 KGS.
I am totally confused. Kindly reply me asap.
It is now that you have clearly mentioned the route of the airline. In your previous query, you had mentioned the flight number and NJ. The flight number was not of US destination, so we mentioned that allowance.
For all US routes, the economy class ticket would allow 2 bags of 23 kg each. Hand baggage of 8 kg is okay.
No, carry on baggage allowance is separate. You have to take 2 check in bags of max 23 kg each.
HOW MANY BAGS CAN I TAKE CHECKED BAGGAGE --IS IT 2 BAGS OF EACH 23 KGS?
PLEASE CLARIFY .
MY ENTITLEMENT........ECONOMY CLASS (k) -- FLIGHT LH759 DATE 22 SEP 18......
CHECKED IN BAGGAGE 1 OR 2 PER PERSON?
9K
It shall be 1 check in bag of 23 kg per passenger in Economy. LH 759 is from Chennai to Frankfurt.
It is Euro 50 for first check in bag of up to 23 kg above the free allowance.
No such information on special allowance is available with us.
This will depend on the nature of the frame. If it is deemed to be dangerous or hazardous, then it would not be allowed. If this is fragile but not dangerous for other passengers, it might be allowed in cabin provided size and weight limits are observed.
You have not mentioned the route of flight.
what is the free economy baggage allowance on lufthansa between Finland and Kenya? 2*23 kg?
Thanks!
It is one bag of up to 23 kg in check-in baggage and 1 cabin bag of upto 8 kg,
In my booking the baggage allowance is written as 2*23 kg.
Does this mean that 2pcs with total of 46kgs ( 23kg for each) ?
Yes, that is right.
We do not have any such information on special student baggage allowances on Lufthansa flights for USA destination.
yes, ladies purse can be taken. Laptop bag will not be allowed in cabin then. If you take the laptop in cabin baggage (not separate bag), then it might be allowed.
I am student travelling from India to Gothenburg via Frankfurt for educational purposes.
1) Am I allowed any free luggage apart from 23+7+ laptop bag in economy class??? Are there any student offers applicable for me???
2) Can I carry all electronic items in laptop bag itself???
Kindly reply as soon as possible.
No such offer to our knowledge.