We pack the luggage correctly

Let's start with hand luggage. Many underestimate its role, but real travelers know the true price of hand luggage. All comes with experience. It is worthwhile to face the loss of baggage in the airline or with a surcharge for the preponderance, and the thought of buying a small hard suitcase that can be carried to the cabin of the aircraft, come to mind themselves.

According to the recommendations of the International Air Transport Association, the dimensions of hand luggage should not exceed 56 * 45 * 25 cm, and the weight should not be more than 10 kg. However, some airlines set their own standards, which are even smaller. When choosing a suitcase for hand luggage, proceed from the limit dimensions of 50 * 40 * 20 cm and do not lose it. If you are traveling with a family, keep in mind that the passage of a hand luggage place is absolutely for all passengers, including infants. Children, by the way, have the right to also carry a folding stroller weighing up to 15 kg free of charge on the plane.

Recently there has been a tendency to not include baggage transportation in the standard cost of an economy class air ticket and, most likely, in a few years we will face the ubiquitous practice of taking a baggage fee for transportation. Here it is useful and small suitcases for hand luggage. In addition, it is convenient to visit excursions, unlike heavyweight bulky suitcases.

According to the statistics of the same air transport association, the cases of loss and damage to baggage happen to airlines with a probability of 1-2%. This, in general, is quite high indicators in order to assess the relevant risks, going on the road. And, although the usually lost suitcase will be delivered to the address indicated by you within a couple of days from the loss, it may be more or less uncomfortable, depending on what things you guessed to put in hand luggage and whether you will be met by a guide, Which will help to explain with the airline.

The standard luggage weight for most airlines is twenty kilograms per seat. There are also limitations on the size dimensions, but, if you have not put in a suitcase skis, this is unlikely to affect you. There is an unspoken rule that the airline closes its eyes to a slight advantage. The notion of "insignificant" generally refers to luggage, whose weight exceeds the maximum not more than ten percent. If the preponderance is greater, then you will be offered to shift some of the things into hand luggage, or to another place of luggage, or pay extra for sending a "heavy" cargo.

The fact is that the standards of movers at the airport do not provide for the transfer of pieces of baggage weighing more than twenty kilograms alone. Accordingly, if you prefer to pay extra for the preponderance, a special label will be affixed to your suitcase warning you of excess weight, and you will be billed from 10 to 12 euros for each kilogram of preponderance. As a rule, the size of the surcharge exceeds the cost of a new suitcase for hand luggage and sometimes it is comparable to the cost of an air ticket.

Insurance of luggage and passengers is a topic, which should be mentioned separately. The fact is that according to the rules of the International Air Transport Association, the airline is responsible for all passengers and their belongings, from the moment you enter the airport building. Pay airline for what it is already legally responsible for this, you will agree, somehow wrong. Similarly, it makes no sense to buy such insurance from the insurer, since the airline's liability is already insured anyway.