Excess baggage
Excess baggage
Purchase additional baggage allowance through qatarairways.com, Qatar Airways ticketing offices and Customer Contact Centers.
The rates and conditions below apply to Qatar Airways' operated flights only. If your itinerary includes flights operated by other airlines, different baggage rules may apply. Please contact your nearest Qatar Airways ticketing office, or our call centre to verify the rules and charges applicable to your baggage allowance.
For Qatar Airways operated flights, excess and overweight baggage charges depend on the regions covered by your journey.
If you have already booked a flight with Qatar Airways, you can purchase excess baggage through Manage Booking.
Purchase excess baggage- Rates in Qatari Riyals (QAR) apply only for excess baggage purchases made in Qatar, for travel originating from Doha.
- Excess baggage is only offered over and above the free baggage allowance already indicated on your booking confirmation and tickets;
- Excess baggage is charged per kg, except to/from the Americas, where it is charged per piece;
- Purchase units are offered in increments of single pieces or bundles of 1kg (2.2lb) each;
- Each passenger is allowed a maximum of five pieces or 100 kg at a time
- A single piece of checked-in baggage must not weigh more than 32kg (70lb) or exceed 158cm (62in) in length + width + height. Any bags weighing more than 32kg (70lb) must be broken down so each piece weighs less than 32kg (70lb);
- Excess baggage purchases apply to Qatar Airways flights and for tickets issued by Qatar Airways only.
- Excess baggage is calculated per passenger per journey, where a journey is defined as the entire outbound or inbound trip between origin and destination, not including the transfer point;
- Purchases may be made from the time a booking is ticketed, up to three hours prior to departure. They are valid only for the flight and date shown on the excess baggage purchase receipt. To determine whether or not a booking is ticketed, check the confirmation email for a ticket number next to each passenger’s name;
- Excess baggage charges are quoted and billed in the currency of the departure country;
- Excess baggage purchased online at qatarairways.com is non-refundable and will be forfeited in case of any changes to the originally booked itinerary. Date changes to the booking are permitted within the same route only. Excess baggage is not valid for travel on other carriers;
- Excess baggage is subject to space limitations at check-in. If excess baggage cannot be accepted because of space limitations or airline initiated flight or schedule changes, it may be refunded or transferred to another flight with the same origin and destination, in accordance with the airline's policies;
- Online excess baggage purchase is not allowed for infants;
- Excess baggage purchased on qatarairways.com is only valid for Qatar Airways direct flights . If you need to book excess baggage for an itinerary that includes interline or code-share flights, please contact those carriers for their excess baggage policies;
- In case online purchase of excess baggage is not completed for any reason, Qatar Airways reserves the right to not offer the online discounted price.
Excess baggage awards
Excess baggage awards allow you to redeem your Qmiles or Qcredits* to pay for excess baggage for yourself, family or friends on Qatar Airways flights.
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