Sticking to your hand luggage allowance is one important way of avoiding airlines' hidden charges. Find out what your airline's hand luggage charge is below.
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1. Unlimited Hand Luggage Allowance
Airlines with unlimited hand luggage allowance: easyJet
2. 10kg Hand Luggage Allowance
Airlines with a 10kg hand luggage allowance: Most airlines in Europe have a 10kg hand luggage allowance, including: Jet2, Thomsonfly*, Vueling, Aer Lingus, Monarch, Flybe, Germanwings, BMI Baby, Ryanair** and Wizz Air, among others.
*Thomsonfly allows a total of 25kg in luggage per passenger. If you use your full 20kg of checked luggage allowance, you can only take 5kg in hand luggage.
**Ryanair has a smaller-than-standard permitted hand luggage size. It is likely that your standard hand luggage will be too big for Ryanair, which could result in a hefty fine. Read more:
3. 5kg Hand Luggage Allowance
Airlines with a 5kg hand luggage allowance: Transavia*
However, unlike other budget airlines, Transavia does not charge to check your luggage into the hold.
