| Hand baggage allowances on domestic flights | |
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| Sep 25, 2009 03:11 |   |
 | Hi! I'm going to China in one week and will be traveling inside for three weeks taking domestic flights 4 times. I'm taking just the hand baggage for all my trip, which will mostly be filled in with my DSLR camera and lenses. The camera is heavy and my baggage will definately not meet the 5kg weight allowance. So here comes my question - do they weight hand baggages at the airports in China? What if my hand baggage is overweighted? Can I pay for the overweight? Any help will be appreciated. Thanks, maczek |
Last edited by MACZEK: Sep 25, 2009 03:16 | |
| Sep 25, 2009 03:54 | #1 |
| GUESTABBY | Each hand luggage must not exceed 20×40×55 centimeters (8×16×22 inches) and should be less than five kilograms (about 11 pounds) in total. Any items that exceed these criteria are treated as checked luggage. First class passengers who hold adult or child tickets are permitted to carry on two pieces of hand baggage. Business or economy class passengers, only one piece of hand baggage is allowed. I browsed the information from another page of this website. You can have a look at the details there: http://www.travelchinaguide.com/essential/baggage.htm |
| Sep 25, 2009 03:59 | #2 |
| Yes I know about it but how does it look in practice? Does anyone of you have a hand baggage weighted at the airport? |
| Sep 25, 2009 06:18 | #3 |
| So far I find that they're generally very lax with carry-on luggage. |
| Sep 25, 2009 06:24 | #4 |
| Thanks :) I hope they don't force me to leave or send my DSLR camera as registered baggage. It's so sensitive. Thanks Ellyse! :) |
| Sep 25, 2009 10:50 | #5 |
| Best of luck to you. :) Where would you be going in China? |
| Sep 25, 2009 11:02 | #6 |
| Thanks :) I'm going to Beijing and the same day directly to Chengdu for 4 days, Leshan, then Guilin and some minority villages nearby (Ping An, Longji, etc), then Yangshuo - 5 days, Shanghai - 4 days, and at the end Beijing (one week). What do you think about these villages (Naxi minority and others) near Guilin and Ping An? Is it worth to go there? Lonely Planet and other guides say nothing about those places and I'm affraid a little to go there because the only word I can say in Chinese is "nihao" ;) |
| Sep 25, 2009 12:08 | #7 |
| if you use a carrying case like Lowepro back pack for your DSLR I think it's OK, just show them (if asked) that they are for your DSLR camera, lenses and other related equioment, but if you use metal case, probably they will request you to treat as check-in baggage. I used to carry two bags onboard which I think more than 10kg, as one bag was for my laptop and camera. Wan |
| Sep 25, 2009 12:20 | #8 |
| Wan, thanks for your reply :) I have a medium National Geographic backpack with two compartments - one for DSLR & lenses and one for other stuff. Fortunately I don't have any metal case ;) |
| Oct 11, 2009 01:44 | #9 |
| GUEST54128 | Hello there, We are going to visit China in Nov, we plan to travel from Beijing to Xian by air, please let us know how many luggages we can check in and how much weight? Many thank Kim |
| Oct 11, 2009 05:52 | #10 |
| GUESTMACZEK | Guys, I'm in China now, flew actually 2 times on domestic flights and nobody weighted my hand baggage. It weights over 10kg and is little oversized but nobody asked about it. I also saw people having 2-3 hand baggages (backpack + suitcase + laptop) and they went through the security without any problems. |
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