Additional baggage
Additional baggage
Save up to 70% when you pre-purchase additional baggage in bulk on qatarairways.com, at Qatar Airways offices or through our Contact Centre.
The fees and conditions below apply to flights operated by Qatar Airways only. Extra baggage and overweight baggage fees depend on the regions included in your route. If you have already booked your flight, visit ‘Manage booking’ to purchase additional baggage.
If your itinerary includes flights operated by other airlines, different baggage rules may apply. Please contact the airline you will fly with for more information. To purchase additional baggage, go to the check-in counter at the airport
Purchase additional baggageEurope: Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Malta, Netherlands, North Macedonia Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom
GCC: Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain
Levant: Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon
Africa: Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Morrocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
ISC & Pakistan: Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan
Australasia: Australia, New Zealand
Central Asia: China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea
South/East Asia: Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam
- Rates in Qatari Riyals (QAR) apply only for additional baggage purchases made in Qatar, for travel originating from Doha.
- Additional baggage is only offered over and above the free baggage allowance already indicated on your booking confirmation and tickets;
- Additional baggage is charged per kg, except to/from the Africa/Americas, where it is charged per piece;
- Purchase units are offered in increments of single pieces or bundles of 5Kg (11.02 lb) each
- Each passenger is allowed a maximum of five pieces or 100 kg at a time
- A single piece of checked-in baggage must not weigh more than 32kg (70lb) or exceed 158cm (62in) in length + width + height. Any bags weighing more than 32kg (70lb) must be broken down so each piece weighs less than 32kg (70lb);
- Additional baggage purchases apply to Qatar Airways flights and for tickets issued by Qatar Airways only.
- Additional baggage is calculated per passenger per journey, where a journey is defined as the entire outbound or inbound trip between origin and destination, not including the transfer point;
- Purchases may be made from the time a booking is ticketed, up to six hours prior to departure. They are valid only for the flight and date shown on the additional baggage purchase receipt. To determine whether or not a booking is ticketed, check the confirmation email for a ticket number next to each passenger’s name;
- Additional baggage charges are quoted and billed in the currency of the departure country;
- Additional baggage purchased online at qatarairways.com is non-refundable and will be forfeited in case of any changes to the originally booked itinerary. Date changes to the booking are permitted within the same route only. Additional baggage is not valid for travel on other carriers;
- Additional baggage is subject to space limitations at check-in. If additional baggage cannot be accepted because of space limitations or airline initiated flight or schedule changes, it may be refunded or transferred to another flight with the same origin and destination, in accordance with the airline's policies;
- Online additional baggage purchase is not allowed for infants;
- Additional baggage purchased on qatarairways.com is only valid for Qatar Airways direct flights . If you need to book additional baggage for an itinerary that includes interline or code-share flights, please contact those carriers for their additional baggage policies;
- In case online purchase of additional baggage is not completed for any reason, Qatar Airways reserves the right to not offer the online discounted price.
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