Thai airways checked luggage number for economy BKK to Taipei

[sillypoint]

I am flying from suvarnabhumi to Taipei on Thai airways next week, economy. Normally I travel light. I can't remember the last time I have checked in more than one bag for the hold. However this time, It would be convenient to check-in 2 bags (total weight around 15-20kgs). On the flight info. it has 25kg limit for my ticket. It says bag (singular). I am wondering if Thai airways strictly enforce 1 checked  bag (free) for economy, or just take into consideration weight. I would prefer to use 2 smallish bags to manage the weight while carrying them around. I'll still be taking a small carry-on bag to the plane with notebook, etc.

This flight comes under zone 1 on their website, and extra baggage can be bought in advance for just $12 / kilo. Are charges a lot higher at the time of check-in? I realise there are ways around this by redistributing things in the bags once at the airport. Just wondering how lenient Thai tend to be re. multiple bags. Thanks, in advance. 

[bendejo]

When faced with this myself, I went out and bought a big cloth duffel bag and arranged it so it fit everything.  But mind the bag size specs.

 

extra baggage can be bought in advance for just $12 / kilo. Are charges a lot higher at the time of check-in?

Cannot say about this airline, but in general the answer is YES.  Probably in the fine print somewhere.

 

[Polar Bear]

Thai's allowance is only by piece to USA & Canada. To everywhere else, it's a weight allowance, so you can take more than one bag, as long as they are less than your weight allowance in total. There was talk of them switching everyone over to a piece allowance last year, but as far as I know, it never happened. In any case, if your allowance is 25kg, it's a weight allowance. When it's by piece, it's 23kg in Economy.

https://www.thaiairways.com/en_TH/travel_information/baggage.page?

[jimn]

Why not fly EVA, as far as I know they allow 2 x23kg hold luggage 

[wadman]

15 hours ago, sillypoint said:

I am flying from suvarnabhumi to Taipei on Thai airways next week, economy. Normally I travel light. I can't remember the last time I have checked in more than one bag for the hold. However this time, It would be convenient to check-in 2 bags (total weight around 15-20kgs). On the flight info. it has 25kg limit for my ticket. It says bag (singular). I am wondering if Thai airways strictly enforce 1 checked  bag (free) for economy, or just take into consideration weight. I would prefer to use 2 smallish bags to manage the weight while carrying them around. I'll still be taking a small carry-on bag to the plane with notebook, etc.

This flight comes under zone 1 on their website, and extra baggage can be bought in advance for just $12 / kilo. Are charges a lot higher at the time of check-in? I realise there are ways around this by redistributing things in the bags once at the airport. Just wondering how lenient Thai tend to be re. multiple bags. Thanks, in advance. 

 

A lot of airlines allow you carry on 2 pieces of luggage onto the cabin: 1 piece that fits into the overhead bin + 1 personal item (which can be a laptop bag, as long as it is small enough to be stored underneath the seat).

 

See if this works for you. Check with Thai airways to see what their cabin allowance is for your ticket. 

[NoshowJones]

22 hours ago, wadman said:

 

A lot of airlines allow you carry on 2 pieces of luggage onto the cabin: 1 piece that fits into the overhead bin + 1 personal item (which can be a laptop bag, as long as it is small enough to be stored underneath the seat).

 

See if this works for you. Check with Thai airways to see what their cabin allowance is for your ticket. 

KLM for baggage online is 35x25x55 and weight is 12 Ks. It would be interesting to know what other airlines charge and how they determine 

the charge. ie do they have a measuring tape at check in?

[Polar Bear]

22 hours ago, wadman said:

 

A lot of airlines allow you carry on 2 pieces of luggage onto the cabin: 1 piece that fits into the overhead bin + 1 personal item (which can be a laptop bag, as long as it is small enough to be stored underneath the seat).

 

See if this works for you. Check with Thai airways to see what their cabin allowance is for your ticket. 

 

Thai's cabin allowance is 7kg for the carry-on and 1.5kg for the personal item/laptop bag.

 

 

17 minutes ago, NoshowJones said:

KLM for baggage online is 35x25x55 and weight is 12 Ks. It would be interesting to know what other airlines charge and how they determine 

the charge. ie do they have a measuring tape at check in?

 

Most airlines have boxes/cages to check the size of carry on. They have them at check in and at boarding, though most won't bother to use them unless they suspect your bag is oversized. 

However, KLM check-in staff do have tape measures as well. For checked baggage, they have a linear maximum (158 cm in total - length + width + height). I have a sports bag that was custom-made to fit their sizing. It's 156 cm total. They usually check and always seem disappointed to find it fits. 

Edited April 7 by Polar Bear

[NoshowJones]

18 minutes ago, Polar Bear said:

 

Thai's cabin allowance is 7kg for the carry-on and 1.5kg for the personal item/laptop bag.

 

 

 

Most airlines have boxes/cages to check the size of carry on. They have them at check in and at boarding, though most won't bother to use them unless they suspect your bag is oversized. 

However, KLM check-in staff do have tape measures as well. For checked baggage, they have a linear maximum (158 cm in total - length + width + height). I have a sports bag that was custom-made to fit their sizing. It's 156 cm total. They usually check and always seem disappointed to find it fits. 

That really answers my question, now suppose your carry on case does not fit and is just a few Mts bigger. If you look at Lazada, they say that any case you buy could could be a little over or under the size you ask for.

If your case was just that little over their sizing and did not fit. What would they do?

[wadman]

1 hour ago, NoshowJones said:

That really answers my question, now suppose your carry on case does not fit and is just a few Mts bigger. If you look at Lazada, they say that any case you buy could could be a little over or under the size you ask for.

If your case was just that little over their sizing and did not fit. What would they do?

 

Depends on if they airline staff even bother to check. If they do, and your bag is oversize, they'll force you to check it in. 

[Polar Bear]

1 hour ago, NoshowJones said:

That really answers my question, now suppose your carry on case does not fit and is just a few Mts bigger. If you look at Lazada, they say that any case you buy could could be a little over or under the size you ask for.

If your case was just that little over their sizing and did not fit. What would they do?

 

If it's oversized for carry-on, they will force you to check it and charge you for it. If it's oversized for check in, they will charge the oversized/overweight baggage rate. That was 250E on the route I used to take. It's probably something similar from Thailand. That's why I got it made a couple of cm below the maximum, just to be sure it wouldn't be slightly out.