Checked baggage policy
Samsung Galaxy Note 7
Federal regulations ban the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 (including recalled and replacement devices) from flying.
How many bags can you take?
Check up to 10 bags if your trip is:
- Domestic
- Transatlantic
- Transpacific
Check up to 5 bags if you’re traveling to / through / from:
- Mexico / Caribbean / Central America*See footnote
- South America*See footnote
- Brazil*See footnote
*There are seasonal and year-round baggage restrictions
Weight and size
We calculate the size limits of your bag by adding the total outside dimensions of each bag, length + width + height.
For all regions, your checked baggage allowance is:
- Dimension: 62 in / 158 cm
- Weight: 50 lbs / 23 kgs
- For First / Business Class and Brazil, weight is 70 lbs / 32 kgs
What will it cost?
Complimentary bags
In some cases, you won't have to pay the baggage fees for up to 3 bags. Find out if this applies to you.
1st checked bag is complimentary for:
- AAdvantage® Gold
- oneworld® Ruby
- Alaska Airlines MVP members^
- Confirmed Premium Economy customers*
On trips booked on or after April, 26, 2017:
- Colombia*
- Ecuador
- El Salvador*
- Panama
- Venezuela
*1st bag fee applies for travel to San Salvador, El Salvador and Cali, Colombia June 20 - August 9, 2017 and December 8 - 24, 2017
On trips booked on or after November 7, 2016:
Haiti
1st and 2nd checked bags are complimentary for:
- AAdvantage® Platinum Pro
- AAdvantage® Platinum
- oneworld® Sapphire members
- Alaska Airlines MVP Gold^
- Confirmed Business Class customers*
- Argentina
- Australia
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Chile
- China
- Hong Kong
- Japan
- New Zealand
- Peru
- South Korea
- Uruguay
1st, 2nd and 3rd checked bags are complimentary for:
- Confirmed First Class customers on 3-cabin aircraft
- AAdvantage® Executive Platinum
- oneworld® Emerald
- Alaska Airlines MVP Gold 75K^
- Active U.S. military and/or dependents with ID traveling on orders (1st - 5th bags free of charge)
- Active U.S. military with ID on personal travel
^Benefit only available for travel on or before December 31, 2017.
Cuba
For baggage fees, 'U.S.' refers to:
- Domestic U.S.
- U.S. Virgin Islands
- Puerto Rico
- Canada
- Mexico
- Caribbean
One-way to Cuba
Trips originating in the U.S. to Cuba pay the standard $25 1st bag fee.
Round-trip to Cuba
Round-trips originating in the U.S. to Cuba get:
- 1st bag $25 and second bag $40
- 1st and 2nd bag free back to U.S.
One-way from Cuba
Standard-sized 1st and 2nd bags are free when departing Cuba
Round-trip from Cuba
Round-trips originating in Cuba to the U.S. get:
- 1st and 2nd bags free from Cuba
- 1st bag free and 2nd bag $40 from U.S. back to Cuba
Charges to / from Japan
| Region | Bag 1 | Bag 2 | Bag 3 | Bag 4+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico / Caribbean / Central America/ South America | $0 | $0 | $200 (JPY 20,000) | $200 (JPY 20,000) |
| Brazil | $0 | $0 | $85 (JPY 8,500) | $85 (JPY 8,500) |
| Transpacific | $0 | $0 | $200 (JPY 20,000) | $200 (JPY 20,000) |
Please note that your fee is charged in JPY only when flying from Japan. Your fee will be charged in USD when flying:
- Between all other Asian countries and the U.S.
- From the U.S. to Japan
Charges to / from U.S. Domestic
| Region | Bag 1 | Bag 2 | Bag 3 | Bag 4+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic | $25 | $35 | $150 | $200 |
| Mexico | $25 | $40 | $150 | $200 |
| Caribbean | $25 | $40/$55** | $150 | $200 |
| Central America | $0/$25** | $40/$55** | $150 | $200 |
| Brazil | $0 | $0 | $85 | $85 |
| South America | $0/$25** | $0/$40/$55** | $150 | $200 |
| Transatlantic | $0 | $100 | $200 | $200 |
| Transpacific | $0 | $0 | $200 | $200 |
**Baggage fee based on travel date and destination. Seasonal pricing applies to trips booked on / after July 26, 2016. 1st and 2nd bag fees apply for travel to Cali, Colombia and El Salvador. **2nd bag charge applies to Port au Prince, Haiti, San Pedro Sula, Tegucigalpa, June 20 - August 9, 2017 and December 8 - 24, 2017.
If your region is not listed, we can still help:
All baggage fees are non-refundable and apply per person, each way.
What else can you travel with?
You’re also allowed to check:
Restricted items
There are some items that are only allowed in checked baggage or your carry-on. Check to see how to pack and travel with restricted items.