Calculate the size of your check-in luggage the same way you did your carry-on, and then add the numbers together to arrive at the dimension. The weight of your checked bag is important. The standard weight limit for checked baggage on domestic airplanes is 50 pounds per bag.
Budget carriers Allegiant and Spirit Airlines shrink this allowance to 40 pounds, while international airlines, Norwegian Air and Korean Air give you a whopping pound allowance per checked bag. Most US-based airlines charge for checked baggage, except Southwest Airlines that allows up to two free checked bags per passenger. Many airlines waive checked bag fees for travelers flying Business or First Class, active duty military personnel and those who have elite status with the airline.
Airlines cap their weight allowances, even for overweight baggage. Whether your bags fly free or cost extra, they are still limited to the linear inch size limit. The most popular size check-in luggage is to inches tall and various widths.
See our sizing chart for more detail. Large check-in luggage is great for longer trips, lots of gear or multiple people. Mind the rules though! Large bags make it easy to exceed weight and size limits. Durability is important for any size bag, though checked bags take the most abuse in transport.
The larger the bag, the heavier it can be when packed. Look for luggage that rolls easily on strong wheels with sturdy extension handles that can be used to stack and secure smaller luggage on top. Discover our Wide Selection of Bags. Shop travel accessories to solve your every need.
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The carton sizes and weights are according to your airline and distance. If your bag has a clear front and back size, then the depth of the bag would be the length from the backside of the bag to the front side of the bag — on the outside. You can determine this by figuring out which surface your clothes will rest on when you open your bag.
Also, the front usually has some extra pockets. In case of trolly bags, it would be the surface where the retractable handle goes in. Luggage capacity is expressed in terms of weight. It is measured with a very sensitive large weight scale at the airport. Make sure your bag is under the weight restrictions — get a luggage scale or use your bathroom scale.
Duffel bags can get complicated to measure due to their odd, cylinder-like shape. The length is easy, but which is the width and which is the height? Well, first make sure your bag is completely full. Then measure the length of the bag first. Then, take the depth of the bag as described above, and the dimension perpendicular to how you measured the depth will be the width.
A ruler can be used to measure most dimensions of standard luggage, but if you are using a large bag, chances are that your ruler will come short. Better use a tape measure — simple ones or self-retracting ones. They are small but handy! Most airlines are quite fanatical about their size and weight restrictions. They may be a little lax about your personal item, since they can be so varied — but forget about negotiating or wheedling with them about hard baggage size or weight.
You had better ring up the airline to clarify. Yes, absolutely! The bag manufacturer may not say it, but the airport people will include anything and everything sticking out or attached outside the main body of the bag in their size measurements — including wheels, handles retractable or simple, side pockets, decorations — pretty much anything.
The first thing you need to figure out is are you bringing your duffel bag on the plane as a personal item or as a carry-on bag. In fact, the size of the personal item allowance is quite substantial. If you struggle to fit everything you need in your carry-on then making full use of the personal item is often the best way to get around carry-on size limits.
Here are two bags illustrated to scale. The personal item in this example is 18 x 14 x 8 and the carry-on is 22 x 14 x 9.
In this example, the personal item bag is 33 liters, and the carry-on is 45 liters. Check your airline for their personal item size limits. In this photo the pilot is bringing 2 bags, a duffel bag as a personal item and a rolling wheeled carry on. For these low-cost fares, you can only bring one personal item bag. To bring a duffel bag on a low-cost airline it will need to be personal item size rather than overhead bin size.
This means it will need to fit under the seat on front of you. The size of personal items varies across airlines. Spirit will allow an 18 x 14 x 8 inch personal item whereas a United personal item is only 17 x 10 x 9 inches. As a general rule, most airlines allow checked bags that measure up to 62 linear inches. Linear inches means the sum total of all three dimensions: length plus width plus depth.
Sizing for carry-on bags varies more by airline, but maximum sizes of 22 to 24 inches high, 14 to 17 inches wide and 10 inches deep are quite common. Ultimately, what does and doesn't make it onto a plane as carry-on luggage is up to the discretion of the airline staff.
So although you could technically squash your extra-large duffel into the carry-on sizer at the gate, you'll have much better odds of success if you take a smaller duffel as a carry-on, or use a strap to squash the big duffel down to a more acceptable size.
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