I’m a budget travel expert and these are the bags you can take on a plane for free (and the different dimensions for each airline)
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A budget holiday expert has revealed the bags you can take on a plane for free – saying it’s important to know the different dimensions between airlines.
Chelsea Dickenson, from North London, who runs cheapholidayexpert.com, joined Josie Gibson and Craig Doyle on This Morning to advise holidaymakers about confusing baggage allowances.
The 33-year-old explained the different categories of bags and offered advice on how to make traveling cheaper.
She said: ‘There are three categories of bags, they all have different names for different airlines, which are the small cabin bag, a large cabin bag and a check in bag.
‘The first two are your hand luggage which you take on the plane with you, the latter is what you check in before security.’
Chelsea Dickenson, from North London, revealed the bags you can take on a plane for free saying it’s important to know the different dimensions between airlines (stock image)
A guide to which bags you can take for free on a flight
SMALL CABIN BAG: FREE
This is a bag that’s supposed to sit under the seat in front of you. Many airlines will let you take a small cabin bag onto the flight for free. The dimensions for some airlines can differ:
Ryanair (40 x 25 x 20cm)
Wizz Air (40 x 30 x 20cm, Max 10kg)
EasyJet (45 x 36 x 20cm, Max 15kg)
LARGE CABIN BAG: FREE ON SOME AIRLINES
Most of the major airlines charge you extra to take a large cabin bag, including easyJet, Aer Lingus, Ryanair and Wizz Air.
However some airlines let you take a larger cabin bag onto the flight for free.
British Airways (56 x 45 x 25cm & up to 23kg)
Jet2 (56cm x 45cm x 25cm & up to 10kg)
TUI (55x40x20cm & up to 10kg)
Virgin (23 x 36 x 56cm & up to 10kg)
CHECKED BAG: PAID FOR
A checked bag, which goes into the hold of a plane, is usually something travellers pay for. The travel expert said every airline requires customers to pay to check in a bag, which is often a larger suitcase.
‘When you are thinking about your small cabin bag, I would stick to a soft fabric bag.
‘There loads of different dimensions it’s different for every airline but when you look at Ryanair, Wizzair and EasyJet, that small little bag is the only thing you can take on for free.’
Chelsea said she would personally try to avoid taking a suitcase that she needs to check in and would opt for a backpack which she can take on for free.
She added: ‘The next step up is a large cabin bag, where people normally bring a small suitcase.
‘For Wizzair, Ryanair and Easy jet you’re going to have to pay for that large cabin bag.’
‘However there are other airlines who do include it for free.
‘Virgin will let you take a large cabin bag on the plane, but you can’t bring a smaller bag with you, you have to find a way to sneak that in your suitcase.
‘Jet2, TUI and BA let you take on a large cabin bag and a small cabin bag. That’s the perfect combo.’
Elsewhere Chelsea revealed with every airline you have to pay for a checked in bag.
She said: ‘It should be said though, if you are booking a package holiday perhaps with EasyJet, BA or TUI they do tend to include a checked in bag as part of the package.
‘It is normally is costed up as part of your holiday.’
When traveling with children the expert said most airlines allow you to check in two essential infant items which can include prams, travel cots, booster seats, car seats and baby back carriers.
Chelsea, who runs cheapholidayexpert.com, joined Josie Gibson and Craig Doyle on This Morning to advise holidaymakers about confusing baggage allowances
The 33-year-old explained the different categories of bags and offered advice on how to make traveling cheaper
She said: ‘All of them say that is allowed and it is for free, that’s a really good thing that lots of airlines do.
‘The thing that is a little more difficult is if you can collapse it [pram] and take it on the plane with you and put it in the over head bins.
‘I have been speaking to the airline and a few of them say as long as it’s part of your hand luggage allowance, ie if it’s the dimensions and the weight of the hand luggage that you have bought you can take it on board with you. That’s WizzAir, EasyJet, TUI and Ryanair.
‘However for others they do say. “Actually it’s not allowed on there”. I have spoken to a lot of people on my Instagram and they say they have managed to get the pram on there…however it’s just not a standard.’
Most airlines don’t have a weight restriction on your pushchair – though Jet2’s is 10kg for all baby items.
If you have booked a seat for your infant or child, they will get the same luggage allowance as a paying adult. Infants on laps have free luggage allowance.
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