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Special baggage handling fees
Please note: We have revised some of our first and second checked bag fees for travel worldwide and our baggage policy for travel within Asia and the Middle East. For the latest checked baggage updates, please review all relevant baggage pages before you travel.
Updated: July 14, 2011

For all tickets purchased before March 9, 2011, please visit the Special Baggage Handling Fees for Tickets Purchased Before March 9, 2011 section.

If you purchased your tickets on or after March 9, 2011, please see the baggage fee information below relating to special items and oversized, overweight and excess baggage. All fees shown below are for one direction of travel only, and apply only when checking in with United. When checking in with a United codeshare partner, please contact that carrier regarding its oversized, overweight and excess baggage policies.

Please note:
  • If an item fits the criteria for more than one of the fees below, then multiple fees may apply.
  • When a single direction of travel includes multiple flights for which different baggage fees would apply, the higher baggage fee will be charged.
  • For fee information relating to travel wholly within Asia, please contact United Reservations at 1-800-UNITED-1 (1-800-864-8331) within the U.S., or from outside the U.S. call your local reservations office.
  • Conversion rates are subject to change.
  • Additional exemptions may apply for: travel within the U.S. and Canada or international travel.
  • Airport authorities in some cities strictly limit checked baggage to 70 pounds (32 kg) per item. Any piece of checked baggage exceeding the 70-pound limit must be repackaged into smaller units. Please review our overweight baggage information.
Travel within or between… Each excess bag Overweight bags - weighing 51 to 70 lbs. (23 to 32 kg) Overweight bags - weighing 71 to 99.9 lbs. (32.2 to 45.4 kg) Oversized bags - more than 62 linear inches* (158 linear cm) Special items**
United States, Puerto Rico & the U.S. Virgin Islands 100 USD 100 USD 200 USD 100 USD 100 USD
Canada 100 CAD 100 CAD 200 CAD 100 CAD 100 CAD
Travel to any other continent departing from…          
United States,  Puerto Rico & the U.S. Virgin Islands 200 USD†  200 USD  400 USD  200 USD  200 USD
Canada 200 CAD†  200 CAD  400 CAD  200 CAD  200 CAD
Africa 200 USD  200 USD  400 USD  200 USD  200 USD 
Asia China  1400 CNY  1400 CNY  2800 CNY  1400 CNY  1400 CNY 
Hong Kong  1600 HKD  1600 HKD  3200 HKD  1600 HKD  1600 HKD 
Japan  18000 JPY  18000 JPY  36000 JPY  18000 JPY  18000 JPY 
Singapore  280 SGD  280 SGD  560 SGD  280 SGD  280 SGD 
South Korea  230000 KRW  230000 KRW  460000 KRW  230000 KRW  230000 KRW 
Taiwan  6400 TWD  6400 TWD  12800 TWD  6400 TWD  6400 TWD 
Thailand  6600 THB  6600 THB  13200 THB  6600 THB  6600 THB 
Vietnam  200 USD  200 USD  400 USD  200 USD  200 USD 
Australia 220 AUD  220 AUD  440 AUD  220 AUD  220 AUD 
Brazil 150 USD††  No Fee  400 USD  200 USD  Please see the Brazil baggage page
Europe (including Russia) Belgium  150 EUR  150 EUR  300 EUR  150 EUR  150 EUR 
France  150 EUR  150 EUR  300 EUR  150 EUR  150 EUR 
Germany  150 EUR  150 EUR  300 EUR  150 EUR  150 EUR 
Italy  150 EUR  150 EUR  300 EUR  150 EUR  150 EUR 
Netherlands  150 EUR  150 EUR  300 EUR  150 EUR  150 EUR 
Russia  150 EUR  150 EUR  300 EUR  150 EUR  150 EUR 
Switzerland  220 CHF  220 CHF  440 CHF  220 CHF  220 CHF 
United Kingdom  130 GBP  130 GBP  260 GBP  130 GBP  130 GBP 
India 200 USD  200 USD  400 USD  200 USD  200 USD
Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America & South America (excluding Brazil) 150 USD††  200 USD  400 USD  200 USD  200 USD 
Middle East Bahrain  75 BHD  75 BHD  150 BHD  75 BHD  75 BHD 
Kuwait  58 KWD  58 KWD  116 KWD  58 KWD  58 KWD 
United Arab Emirates  730 AED 730 AED  1460 AED  730 AED  730 AED 

*Linear measurement = length + width + height
**For snow/water skiing and snowboarding equipment, prices shown are for second or additional sets. First set is considered checked bag equivalent. For vaulting poles, the fee is per pole. For luge boards, surfboards and wakeboards, the fee is per board.
For travel from the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico & the U.S. Virgin Islands to Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and South America, each excess baggage fee is 150 USD/CAD.
††For travel from Brazil, Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America and South America to Asia and Europe, each excess baggage fee is 200 USD.

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