Excess baggage
If baggage items exceed certain limits, they can be booked as excess baggage. Flat-rate prices apply.
We recommend making an early reservation either at your travel agency or via the Discover Airlines Service Center.
Prices and dimensions
The baggage calculator enables you to check your baggage allowance in just a few steps based on your route, travel class and fare. You will also find information on prices, weight limits and measurements for excess baggage.
In Economy or Premium Economy Class, baggage is considered to be excess baggage if it weighs over 23 kg (up to max. 32 kg) and/or is bigger than 158 cm (width X + height Y + depth Z with a total of max. of up to 292 cm).
Excess baggage in business is deemed to be a piece of luggage bigger than 158 cm up to a total max. of 292 cm.
Additional information for carrying excess baggage
Please label each baggage item (inside and outside) with your name and your (mobile) telephone number before you drop it off at the airport. Bag tags or stickers for checked baggage are available free of charge at the check-in desk. You may also use your own bag tags.
Normally, we collect data in order to fulfil the transportation contract that you have finalized with us. This includes both passenger and baggage data. To ensure that your luggage can be transported on other airlines and forwarded to airports, we pass on the data to the airlines and airports concerned. In addition, we assist the German customs authority in performing its legal obligations by granting limited access to selected data.
Excess baggage weighing over 32 kg cannot be accepted as travel baggage. However, you can send the baggage item as air freight. Please note that the maximum permissible weight per item of luggage may vary for flights with other airlines. Contact the respective airline for details.
The respective local Lufthansa Cargo sales office can inform you about air freight.
