Qantas Overweight Baggage Fee 2023 - Extra Bag Fee - Oversize Baggage

If you think your bags will exceed the Qantas checked baggage allowance, you can pre-purchase Additional Baggage Allowance online at qantas.com for lower rates than at the airport. Qantas Frequent Flyers can pay using points.

Excess baggage charges will apply at the airport for any baggage in excess of your allowance. An overweight fee / "Heavy charge" will apply at the airport if your allowance is 23kg per piece and any piece exceeds that weight. No single item of checked baggage may exceed 32kg. [AMZ asins='B00LB7REFK,B082K8ZNQ1,B07ZWLQF9T,B00NW62PCA']

You can pre-purchase additional baggage multiple times up to 100kgs or 5 pieces. It must be purchased prior to beginning your journey.

Pre-Purchased Additional Baggage Charges
It is much cheaper to pre-purchase your additional baggage online before your flight, rather than paying for your excess weight at the airport. You may do so by logging-in to the Qantas website under Manage My Booking, where you will be presented the exact price excess baggage for your itinerary. Here is a guideline of prices you may expect to encounter - however, please note that exact pricing depends on your specific flight route/date/purchase date, and may differ slightly.

New 2023 Australian Domestic Excess Baggage Fee (online) - $50 per piece

International Flights (except to/from North and South America) - You may pre-purchase excess baggage in increments of 5 kg, 10 kg, 15 kg, 25 kg, or 35 kg, up to a maximum of 100 kg in total.

International Flights (between Australia and North/South America) - A maximum of 5 additional pieces of checked baggage may be purchased ahead of time. The checked baggage allowance weight has been increased to 32 kg (from previous 23 kg limit), so a heavy-charge / overweight fee is no longer applicable. If you need to bring additional pieces of luggage, you may purchase additional at an estimated cost of $150 per piece - please note, this may differ on your specific flight route / date / date of purchase, and the exact price will be presented to you when adding it to your booking.

Additional Baggage Charges if Paid at the Airport
Australia Domestic (including QantasLink)
- $100 AUD for each extra piece
- $50 AUD Heavy Charge for each piece weighing over 23kg (up to maximum of 32 kg)

International - between Australia and New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, New Caledonia - $20 per kg
International - between Australia and Asia - $35 per kg
International - between Asia and London - $60 per kg
International - between Australia and South Africa, and Europe - $80 per kg

International - between Australia and North or South America
- from Australia - $300 AUD per extra piece.
- to Australia - $200 USD per extra piece.

Heavy charge no-longer applies for flights booked after 26 Mar 2021, as bag weight limit is increased to 32 kg / 70 lbs.

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