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Sports baggage and special baggage

For active travelers in particular, some larger baggage may be essential on their vacation. Whether bicycles, sports weapons, ski or snowboard equipment, Discover Airlines offers to transport larger or special items.

Please book your sports and special baggage via the following form or via your travel agency.

Add sports baggage

There is only limited storage space available for sports equipment. Therefore, we recommend that you register the sports equipment you want to take with you as early as possible. At the latest, the registration must be made 24 hours before departure. Please quote your booking code when making your reservation.

Sports equipment can be counted as part of your free baggage provided that the number of items and the weight do not exceed the free baggage allowance for your travel class. This does not, however, apply to the Economy Light fare.

Prices and rules for the chargeable carriage of sports baggage

If your sports equipment exceeds the free baggage allowance and the weight limit of the respective travel class, but does not exceed the maximum weight of 32 kg, you will be charged the flat rates for sports equipment. You can check your free baggage allowance in just a few steps with the baggage calculator on lufthansa.com – based on route, travel class and fare. It will also give you the prices and dimensions for the carriage of your sports equipment.

To the baggage calculator

The items listed below can be checked in as additional sports baggage. If your sports equipment is not listed under the rules for sports equipment given below, the carriage of your baggage will be charged in accordance with the flat rates for excess baggage.

Fishing equipment

Diving gear

Short boards (up to 200 cm in length)

Long boards (200 to 315 cm in length)

Cycling

Tandem

Golfing equipment

(Ice) hockey equipment

Winter sports equipment

Firearms and ammunition

Special regulations apply to the transportation of sporting and hunting firearms and ammunition. Several firearms can be booked per passenger.

The transport of weapons or ammunition must be registered with our Service Center at an early stage. Please check in on the day of travel with this baggage at least 120 minutes before departure.

To the Discover Airlines Service Center

Passengers are solely responsible for complying with the customs regulations, for the import licence as well as other required documents. This applies both to entering a country and to travelling through it.

In the case of the Lufthansa Group airlines, ammunition must be booked separately as "AMMO" in accordance with the latest IATA standard. Other airlines may not yet be using this standard and may only accept bookings without the separate "AMMO" element.

Firearms
Each firearm must be packed in a secured and unloaded state in a locked transport container intended for this purpose. Several firearms are permitted per transport container.

Ammunition
A maximum of 5 kg of ammunition of the 1.4S, UN 0012 or UN 0014 categories is permitted per passenger. The ammunition must be packed, separate from the firearm, in a rigid container made of wood, metal or fibreboard. This container protects the ammunition from shock, movement and accidental self-detonation. The ammunition must be packed in a lockable ammunition crate on flights to and from South Africa.

Charges

Domestic: EUR 70
Europe: EUR 80
Middle East, North Africa and central Asia: EUR 100
Medium intercontinental routes: EUR 200
Long intercontinental routes: EUR 250

Based on local security measures, an additional airport fee for firearms will always be charged for departures in South Africa (USD 80), Italy (up to EUR 90, depending on the airport), Spain (EUR 60), Turkey (EUR 30), Zurich (CHF 55), Cyprus (EUR 25) and Geneva (CHF 200 or CHF 250 earlier than two hours before departure).

The transportation of firearms to and from London Heathrow (LHR), Aberdeen (ABZ), Edinburgh (EDI), Inverness (INV) and Glasgow (GLA) is forbidden. Please choose another airport in London or Great Britain if you want to take your licensed sporting or hunting firearms with you.

Information about carriage

Only sporting and hunting firearms, handguns and rifles plus securely boxed ammunition (cartridges for firearms) belonging to Hazard Division 1.4S.
Checked baggage: Yes (NB: separate reservations required for the weapon and the ammunition)
Carry-on baggage: No
On your person: No
Carrier’s approval required: Yes (This permission is not given in writing. It is given upon request and confirmed verbally at the Service Centre or, at the latest, when checking in at the airport.)
Weapons and ammunition must be packed in different bags in accordance with IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations. If necessary, a special luggage box must be used to separate both items from each other.
Weapons must be unloaded.
Ammunition carried in passenger aircraft must be for personal use for sporting and/or hunting purposes only.
Only ammunition classified as 1.4S, UN0012 or UN0014 will be accepted.
Each passenger may carry a maximum of 5 kg gross of ammunition (must be weighed) for their own personal use.
Ammunition must be securely packaged, i.e. in standard commercial packaging.

Prohibited

Ammunition with explosive or incendiary projectiles.
Black powder may not be transported under any circumstances.

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Further information about taking sports baggage with you

Basic rules for your sports equipment

Sports equipment that is heavier than 32 kg and longer than 315 cm

Taking musical instruments with you

Discover Airlines offers the possibility to take your musical instrument with you into the cabin. Depending on the weight and size, you can carry it with you as carry-on baggage or you must book an extra ticket. Alternatively, you can take your musical instrument with you as an additional item of baggage and check it in.

Important notes for transportation:
Your musical instrument should be packed in a hard case with as little movementas possible and good padding. This is the only way to ensure that it will not be damaged during transport. This also applies to musical instruments that cannot be accepted as carry-on baggage in the cabin and must be loaded at short notice.