jazzys

Hi, what are the maximum dimensions of hand luggage on a flight to Oz?

Cheers

Jazzys

GinaUK

Jazzys,

it varies a little from airline to airline.

And it varies a lot how much you can take. For example, with Singapore Airlines you can take a bag (fitting their dimensions), a handbag, a camera, a laptop, a coat, a reasonable amount of reading material (and a few other bits and pieces I can't remember). But not all airlines are this generous.

Go to the web site of the airline you're flying with and have a look.

Gina

rebnatoli

I looked at the BAA website:
BAA Website

I have a friend who works at Heathrow and she has told me that despite what individual airlines say BAA can override this and she has seen them only allowing one piece of hand luggage each - so laptops etc have to go inside the one bag. So you may be ok if flying from a different airport or maybe some people get through and others dont. The link above gives you the actual sizes as well and good info on what you can and can't take.

Pollyana

Yep, whatever the normal airline rule, the current BAA rules override it. They are very strict at present about it being ONE piece of hand luggage (untill you are through Security anyway).

Swerv-o

Yes, this is true. Any individual bags that you have must be able to fit into the one piece of hand luggage. This includes cameras, laptops, handbags etc.

What it doesn't say is exactly what classifies as 'hand luggage.' Would it be possible to just bundle several bags into a bin liner for security, and then take it out at the other end?

S

lonndongeek

Unfortunately, BAA do say exactly what qualifies as hand luggage. See http://tinyurl.com/gwd4a. Hand luggage should be of a certain size as defined by BAA (56cm x 45cmx x 25cm) irrespective of what your airline says. Although there might be a small amount of leeway in the size (they can be a bit less hot on this now than when the rules came in) pretty much all of the security checkpoints are hot on only having one item.

What BAA don't say is that you can't take a coat with lots of pockets and stuff them with all the stuff that you can't fit into your hand luggage...

Another thing you should do is check that any liquids bought at duty free can be taken onto subsequent flights if you're connecting somewhere. Speak to your airline about this as BAA will be clueless or will lie to you as BAA get a cut of everything sold in the airport so it's not in their interests for you to buy less.

Cheers

LG

Rachel1978

Also don't forget that you are only allowed to take toiletries onto the plane that are 100ml or less.

Rachel