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Air Canada Overweight Baggage Fee 2023 - Extra Bag Fee - Oversize Baggage
Air Canada Baggage Report Card
| Carry-On Allowance | 8 / 10 |
| Checked Bag Allowance | 6 / 10 |
| Excess Baggage Fees | 6 / 10 |
| Overall Grade | 6.7 / 10 |
If your baggage exceeds your free checked baggage allowance (in number, size, and/or weight), you will need to pay additional checked baggage charges. Please note, these fees are meant as a guideline, and may vary by itinerary. Taxes are not included in the prices listed below.
Air Canada Overweight and Oversize Baggage Limits - all itineraries :
Bags weighing 50 to 70 lb (23 to 32 kg) are accepted as overweight
Bags measuring 63 to 115 in (160 to 292 cm) are accepted as oversized.
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FEES - TRAVEL WITHIN CANADA:
Air Canada Overweight and Oversize Baggage Within Canada
A $120 CAD/USD fee applies (per direction) if your bag is overweight and/or oversized.
A single $120 CAD/USD fee (per direction) applies if your bag is both overweight and oversized.
No overweight or oversize fees apply to additional bags for which the $120 Excess Bag fee is paid (3rd bag or more).
Air Canada Excess Baggage Within Canada Fees
1st bag: $35
2nd bag: $60 CAD/USD (per direction)
Additional bags: $120 CAD/USD (per direction, per bag).
No overweight or oversize fees apply to additional bags for which the $120 fee is paid.
FEES -TRAVEL BETWEEN THE U.S.* AND CANADA:
Air Canada Overweight and Oversize Baggage Between USA and CANADA
A $105 CAD/USD fee applies (per direction) if your bag is overweight and/or oversized.
A single $105 CAD/USD fee (per direction) applies if your bag is both overweight and oversized.
No overweight or oversize fees apply to additional bags for which the $105 Excess Bag fee is paid (3rd bag or more).
Air Canada Excess Baggage Between USA and Canada
1st bag: $31.50 CAD/USD (per direction)
2nd bag: $52.50 CAD/USD (per direction)
Additional bags: $105 CAD/USD (per direction, per bag).
No overweight or oversize fees apply to additional bags for which the $105 Additional Bag fee is paid.
FEES - TRAVEL BETWEEN THE U.S.* AND MEXICO/COSTA RICA/CARIBBEAN/BERMUDA:
Air Canada Overweight and Oversize Baggage Between CANADA/USA and MEXICO/COSTA RICA/CARIBBEAN/BERMUDA
A $100 CAD/USD fee applies (per direction) if your bag is overweight and/or oversized.
A single $100 CAD/USD fee (per direction) applies if your bag is both overweight and oversized.
Air Canada Excess Baggage
1st bag: $30 CAD/USD
2nd bag: $50 CAD/USD per direction
Additional bags: $225 CAD/USD (per direction, per bag).
No overweight or oversize fees apply to additional bags for which the $225 additional bag fee is paid.
FEES - TRAVEL BETWEEN THE U.S.* AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL DESTINATIONS:
Overweight/oversize items
A $100 CAD/USD fee applies (per direction) if your bag is overweight and/or oversized.
A single $100 CAD/USD fee (per direction) applies if your bag is both overweight and oversized.
2nd bag -U.S. to/from Europe, the Middle East, Egypt, Morocco, Malawi and Zambia:
$100 CAD/USD (per direction)
Additional bags: $225 CAD/USD (per direction, per bag).
No overweight or oversize fees apply to additional bags for which the $225 Additional Bag fee is paid.
*U.S. includes Hawaii and excludes Puerto Rico.
SPORTS EQUIPMENT
Pre-registration
We invite you to pre-register your sports equipment at least 24 hours before your flight by contacting Air Canada Reservations or your travel agent.
Please note, however, that pre-registering sports equipment does not guarantee that Air Canada will be able to accommodate each item on your flight(s). Please reconfirm with the airport check-in agent at time of check-in.
Packing instructions, waivers and charges
Sports equipment bags and cases must not contain clothing or other personal items. They must be used only to carry sports equipment.
View further down on this page for packing instructions, waivers, charges and additional details as they apply to the transport of specific items of sports equipment.
Musical instruments as checked baggage:
If checked in separately, a musical instrument counts as one piece of baggage towards the maximum number of checked bags allowed by your fare type.
If your baggage count (musical instrument + number of other bags to be checked) exceeds the maximum number of items allowed by your fare type, additional checked baggage charges will apply.
For oversized instruments measuring more than 115in/292cm (e.g. guitars, tubas, double basses), please contact your Air Canada Cargo local sales office for handling.
Exception: Air Canada Cargo cannot handle shipments from or via the US as passengers are considered as unknown shippers for cargo purposes. Please contact another shipping company for this service.
Travelling with your own wheelchair or other mobility aid
Air Canada will carry the following mobility aids as carry-on (subject to space availability) or checked baggage over and above normal baggage allowance without charge:
Wheelchairs or scooters. Special handling requirements apply to battery-powered mobility aids.
Braces, canes, crutches and walkers
Communication devices
Prostheses
Any portable battery-powered medical device that is related to a passenger's disability or medical condition and is needed in flight or required immediately upon arrival (e.g. dialysis equipment, feeding tube, CPAP or Personal Oxygen Concentrator)
Air Canada will also:
When possible, arrange for the use of your own wheelchair or other mobility aid until boarding, and for its delivery to you at the gate upon arrival;
When required, disassemble your wheelchair or other mobility aid and/or batteries, then unpack the batteries and reassemble your mobility aid upon arrival.
View special handling requirements as they apply to battery-powered mobility aids such as wheelchairs and scooters
Stow your small mobility or other aid in the cabin;
Assist in transferring you between your wheelchair or other mobility aid and the aircraft seat;
Assist you in moving to and from the aircraft washroom (except by carrying) with the use of the on-board wheelchair;
Arrange for alternate transportation for your large mobility aid when travelling on an aircraft with less than 60 seats that cannot accommodate the aid
Baggage identification tags are supplied to all our customers at check-in counters and we ask that you use them to identify your baggage and any equipment, including a wheelchair. A specially-designed tag for wheelchairs alerts our customer service agents whether your chair must be delivered to the aircraft door or the baggage room.
Assistance within the airport
Passenger access lifts are available at certain airports to allow customers in wheelchairs to safely board smaller connector aircraft.
If you are unable to ascend or descend stairs or are unable to walk long distances within the airport, Air Canada will, upon request, provide wheelchair assistance to and from the door of the aircraft throughout your journey.
Assistance within the airport includes stopping at the washroom entrance. No assistance is provided within the washroom; passengers needing assistance past the washroom entrance may need to be accompanied by their own attendant.
Wheelchairs on board the plane
Although washrooms on most aircraft are fully accessible to passengers using the on-board wheelchair, please note that not all Jazz and Tier 3 carrier aircraft have an on-board wheelchair able to access the plane's washrooms. If this is an important consideration for you, please contact Air Canada Reservations and ask for the Medical Assistance Desk to make the necessary arrangements for your flight.
Service animals
If you wish to travel with a service animal:
You will need to ensure that your animal is harnessed and certified as having been trained to assist a person with a disability by a professional service animal institution (as a requirement under the Canadian Air Transportation Regulations), and
If you are travelling on a flight segment scheduled to take 8 hours or more, you must: advise Air Canada Reservations 48 hour in advance of travel, and be at the airport for check-in one hour prior to the normal check-in time for your flight.
Dogs as emotional support or psychiatric service animals
If you wish to travel with a dog* an emotional support or psychiatric service animal, you will need to ensure that your animal is harnessed. You must also provide supporting documentation in the form of an original letter on the letterhead of a licensed mental health professional (e.g. a psychologist, a psychiatrist, the general practitioner who is treating the passenger's mental or emotional disability, or a licensed clinical social worker), dated within one year of your departure date.
The letter must confirm that:
You have a mental or emotional disability recognized by the DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders);
You need your dog for emotional or psychiatric support during travel and/or at destination;
The person who prepared the document is a licensed mental health professional; and
You are currently under the care of the licensed mental health professional who prepared the document.
The letter must also provide information on the mental health professional's license (i.e. type of licence, date issued, and issuing authority).
*Air Canada does not accept animals other than dogs as emotional support or psychiatric service animals.
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