Flight & airport info

Sporting equipment and other items

Our Business, Premium Economy, Flexible Economy and Gold and Silver Diamond Club customers can take a piece of sporting equipment or other exceptional item of baggage as part of your baggage allowance as long as it is within your total allowance.

If you are travelling on an Economy fare you will be charged a flat fee of £25 per sector for each item.

Fare type	Equipment charge
Business, Flexible Economy and Premium Economy	Free if within baggage allowance. If in excess of baggage allowance: £25 fixed fee, per item, per sector.
Economy	All routes (except below) £25 fixed fee, per max 20kg item (or less), per sector regardless of weight allowance. Any item between 21-32kg will be charged an additional fixed fee of £25 per sector.
Gold and Silver Diamond Club members may carry an item for free if within weight allowance regardless of route or fare.

The following are some of the most popular items that are classed as 'sporting equipment.

Equipment
Golf equipment	One pair of golf shoes and one golf bag with clubs
Skiing equipment/snowboards	One pair of skis/poles/boots or snowboard and boots
Bicycles	Bicycle must be suitably packed
Fishing equipment	One tackle box, rucksack or backpack, anglers basket, one rod bag or box
Surfboards/sail boards/water skis	Accepted subject to aircraft hold space
Canoes	Accepted subject to aircraft hold space
Musical instruments	Accepted as hold baggage and items such as cellos will also be accepted in the aircraft cabin if an additional seat is purchased

Booking items online

The following items can be paid for online during the booking process or via 'Manage my booking' once a booking has been made.

Golfing equipment
Skiing/snowboard equipment
Bicycles

Please note that if your journey has been booked on a single ticket but requires that you go via another location i.e. Edinburgh-Heathrow-Amsterdam you will only be charged once outbound and once inbound. If you choose to book the same journey but on separate tickets i.e. Edinburgh-Heathrow and then, Heathrow-Amsterdam you will be charged £25 per item for each sector of the journey. In this case you would be charged twice on the outbound and twice on the inbound journey.

Firearms

Firearms and other weapons are subject to a £50 handling fee (each way). The firearm will be carried subject to correct documentation and clearance by Customs or the Police and certain conditions including the following: the firearm is unloaded with all ammunition packed separately (max 5kgs); and the firearm packed in a strong box made of metal or fireboard.

Please contact reservations on 0844 8484 888 if you have any queries about baggage.

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