Say goodbye to last minute hassles at the airport with our Pre Paid Baggage Allowance Scheme.

Piece Concept

• Piece Concept
• Piece Concept - Band 4 - Japan
• Piece Concept - Band 5 - Far And South East Asia

Weight Concept

• Pre paid Charges (Weight Concept) per kg rates for reference
• Ex India
• Ex Band 1 SAARC- Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar
• Ex Band 2 Far and South East Asia
• Ex Band 3 Australia
• Ex Band 4 Republic of Korea HKG
• Ex Band 7 GULF- UAE, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia

Business Rules

Excess baggage is the additional weight you intend to carry beyond the permitted Free Baggage Allowance.

Save 20% compared to airport rates, by purchasing excess baggage in advance, through Air India's booking offices, Airport offices and Call Centre. If you wish to book online, pleaseClick Here

The scheme covers all Air India’s international flights.

The scheme has four slabs for routes on which weight concept is used to charge for excess baggage. Each slab will have a uniform discount rate of 20%. A passenger can call the call centre or go to the Air India booking office and purchase for himself a baggage allowance in return for payment. E.g. one can make a payment and purchase a baggage allowance with a maximum limit of 5 Kgs for economy class. Now the passenger can travel with an excess baggage going up to a maximum of 5 Kgs without going through the process of making the payment at the airport. Also, by purchasing through the call centre or Air India booking office he will be paying 20% less than he would have paid at the airport. Passenger will not get any refund for any unutilized excess baggage. In the example even if he carries 3 Kgs excess baggage, he will not be refunded for the unutilized 2 Kgs.

Routes where piece concept is applicable, 20% discount will be given on both extra piece and excess weight on the free baggage piece i.e. excess weight above 23Kgs and up to 32Kgs.

This scheme also covers Domestic flights.The scheme has five slabs which has 20% Discount upto 25Kgs.

The terms and conditions are as follows (Pre-paid Baggage):

One passenger is allowed to purchase pre-paid baggage allowance of maximum 25Kgs on Domestic Flights and maximum 20Kgs on International flights. Any excess weight over and above the mentioned weights has to be paid as per normal excess baggage rate applicable at the Airport.

International Routes where "Piece Concept” is used, a passenger can avail maximum of 2 additional pieces under this pre-paid baggage scheme.

• Excess baggage cannot be purchased through call centre or booking office (CTOs) within (6 hours) hours of departure of the flight on which the passenger is planning to travel.
• Excess baggage is not applicable for Multicity travel, unless the Passenger is in Transit and the Baggage is "Through Checked-in”.
• In case the booking is cancelled as per the fare terms, amount for excess baggage purchased through call centre or booking office (CTOs) will be refunded in full.
• Passenger may cancel his/her pre-paid baggage allowance up to 6 hours prior to scheduled or revised departure, as the case may be, for flights operated by Air India.
• In case of date or time change, the excess baggage purchased will be associated to the new flight.
• Excess baggage purchased through call centre or booking office (CTOs) is non-endorsable, non-transferable and not applicable for infant.
• No part or full refund will be permitted at the check-in counter, for baggage weighing lower than the purchased excess baggage limit. I.e. amount for unutilized excess baggage weight cannot be refunded or used on subsequent flights.
• Refund on excess baggage purchased will be applicable:(i) If the passenger chooses to cancel the flight booking 6 hours before departure or(ii) If Air India cancels the flight.
• Purchase of excess baggage through call centre or booking office (CTOs) is applicable for passengers holding a valid e-ticket having ticket number commencing with 098 series.
• Purchase of excess baggage through call centre or booking office (CTOs) is not permitted for Alliance Air, Air India Express and Air India’s code share and interline flights. It is permitted only on Air India flights on any of its domestic and international routes operated exclusively by Air India flights with Air India flight numbers.
• In case of 'No Show', excess baggage purchased will not be refunded.
• Excess baggage purchased must be utilized by the passenger for the flight booked and for checked-in baggage only.
• Excess baggage facility cannot be used for transportation of any type of cargo.
• In case a passenger is holding a return, ticket and wants to purchase pre paid excess baggage for both the segments in his PNR/ticket, he will be required to make two separate payments.