British Airways to charge for check-in baggage?
Within a week of KLM announcing that customers are to be given “more choice”, by charging separately for check-in bags, British Airways launches “hand baggage only” fares.
This is a different way of introducing a charge for baggage. It’s promoted as a saving, because hand baggage only fare is lower than their normal price by approximately £10 to £12
So we now have two-tier pricing, ‘with bags’ and ‘without bags’ which, after the introductory period amounts to paying more for taking baggage on your trip.
Which we think is a shame. Up to now, you could trust the BA fare to include everything whilst you knew that the easyJet and other no-frills airlines would charge extra fees.
The BA hand baggage fares apply only to Gatwick departures, for departures from 26th February.
To begin with, baggage only fares are available to the following destinations: Amsterdam, Dubrovnik, Jersey, Tunis and Turin.
The carry on allowance on BA is relatively generous: 56cm x 45cm x 25cm plus a handbag or laptop bag
Remember that the lowest BA fares are only available directly from ba.com
Please visit the British Airways tab above.
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