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Is this bag actually under the limit?

Checked and hand luggage, checked against real IATA weight and size standards together - since a bag that's both overweight and oversized gets charged for both, not just one.

Checked bag
Carry-on / cabin
A starting point, not a substitute for your booking. Leave the airline set to "general standard" and the limits below follow the common industry baseline - 23 kg and 158 cm for checked bags, and the widely used cabin allowance for carry-on. Individual airlines differ, sometimes a lot: budget fares often include no checked bag at all, and some carriers use a piece-based system rather than a weight one.
A handful of airlines are available in the picker below, each with a link to the carrier's own page and the date it was checked. This list is deliberately small - only carriers whose published limits could be verified directly are included, rather than a long list padded with numbers we could not confirm. More are being added. Whichever you pick, your own booking is the final word: allowances vary by fare type, route, and frequent-flyer status, and airlines change them without much notice.
Weight (kg)
Hard cap (kg, optional)
Size (cm)

Why weight and size are checked separately, and both matter

The 23kg/32kg/158cm figures shown by default above come from IATA's own widely-used reference →: 23kg (50lb) as the typical advised maximum for checked luggage, 32kg (70lb) as a harder ceiling above which most airlines won't accept the bag at all (a limit tied to baggage-handler lifting safety in many countries, not an arbitrary number), and 158cm (62in) total linear size (length + width + height, including wheels and handles). But these are a common starting point, not a universal rule - business and first class often get a higher allowance than economy, budget carriers frequently set stricter limits with their own fee structure, and the exact numbers can vary by route even on the same airline. The weight and size limit fields above are editable specifically so you can replace the defaults with your own ticket's real numbers once you know them.

Whatever the actual limit turns out to be, weight and size are always checked separately - a bag can be light but oversized, or compact but overweight, and either one alone triggers a fee. Both at once typically means both fees, which is the scenario that catches people most by surprise regardless of which airline's numbers apply.

Carry-on limits vary even more than checked baggage - IATA's own recommendation (55 x 35 x 20cm, 8kg) is used as the default here, but individual airlines range from around 7kg on some Middle Eastern and Asian carriers up past 20kg on others. Switching between "Checked bag" and "Carry-on / cabin" above resets the limit fields to that mode's typical default - always overwrite them with your specific airline's real number before a flight with a full cabin bag.

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