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Sporting equipment and other items

If you are travelling in Business or Flexible Economy you 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.

Fare type	Equipment charge
Business, Flexible Economy (UK, ROI and HAJ from LHR)	Free if within baggage allowance. If in excess of baggage allowance: £30/€34 fixed fee, per item, per sector.
Economy (bmi operated routes only)	A flat rate of £30 per item, per sector will be applied. If the item is over 20kg but under 32kg then an additional £30 per item, per direction will apply.
Sporting goods may be included as part of the free allowance in Economy for flights from London Heathrow to/from Casablanca and Marrakech.

Fare type

Equipment charge

Business,
Flexible Economy
(UK, ROI and HAJ from LHR)

Free if within baggage allowance.
If in excess of baggage allowance:
£30/€34 fixed fee, per item, per sector.

Economy

(bmi operated routes only)

A flat rate of £30 per item, per sector will be applied. If the item is over 20kg but under 32kg then an additional £30 per item, per direction will apply.

Sporting goods may be included as part of the free allowance in Economy for flights from London Heathrow to/from Casablanca and Marrakech.

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

A free winter sports allowance is available for travel between London Heathrow to Basel.

In addition to the normal baggage allowance customers are permitted to take either:

A) One pair of ski boots, one pair ski poles, one pair of skis
B) One snowboard, one pair of snowboard boots.

Infants under 2 years of age are not eligible for the winter sports equipment allowance.

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-Berlin 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-Berlin you will be charged £30/€34 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.

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