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  • Regarding of the Standard Free Checked Baggage Allowance and Extra Baggage Charge standard, please refer to Checked Baggage

  • Regarding of the Standard Free Checked Baggage Allowance and Extra Baggage Charge standard, please refer to Checked Baggage

    • For through journeys where the passenger travels partly on business class and partly on economy class, the free baggage allowance for each portion of travel shall be granted according to each purchased ticket class.
    • Where a passenger who has paid the business class fare travels on Economy class, the free baggage allowance shall be given based on that for the Business class service respectively.
  • Whenever there is a muti-sector journey involving various airlines, baggage rule will be determined by the definition of “Most Significant Carrier” (MSC) which refers to IATA Resolution 302 effective since 1 April 2011.

    • Most Significant Carrier (MSC) determines which baggage rule applies for travel more than one carrier in the journey.
    • The baggage rule will count between two points which refers the point where the baggage check-in is started and the point where the baggage is collected.
    • The baggage rule will between two points for the whole journey will be governed by IATA definition of Most Significant Carrier (MSC) concept.
    • For detail on baggage allowance and extra baggage charges for codeshare flight, please contact to your operating carrier or respective travel agents issued the ticket.
    • There are exceptions if United States of America and Canada defined as the travel start or final destination in the whole journey.

     

    IATA defines the “Most Significant Carrier (MSC)” as below scenario

    • The first carrier that crosses a tariff area defines as MSC if the flight travel across an IATA tariff.
    • The first carrier that crosses a tariff area defines as MSC if the flight travel across an IATA Sub-Tariff Area, even flight does not cross an IATA tariff area.
    • The flight carrier that crosses a tariff area defines as MSC if the flight travel across an international border, even the flight does not cross an IATA tariff area.
    • If you are travelling to United States or Canada, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) implementation is applicable on or after October 5, 2019. For passengers whose final ticketing origin or destination is the U.S. point, the baggage regulations selected at the beginning of the itinerary will apply to the entire itinerary, regardless of stopovers. And if the codeshare flight has a location in the United States, the most important airline should be the marketing carrier.
    • If you are travelling to Canada, the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) Canadian interline baggage regulations apply to ticket issued on or after April 1, 2015. 1. That a single set of baggage rules will be applied throughout a passenger's interline itinerary issued on a single ticket whose origin or ultimate ticketed destination is a point in Canada, regardless of stopovers 2. The carrier whose designator code identified on the first flight segment of the interline ticket (i.e. the selecting carrier) will select the baggage rules, which will apply for the entire interline itinerary. For international itineraries, including domestic segments of international itineraries, the relevant baggage rules defined as airlines that have submitted 1 and 2 general rule tariffs to Canada.

     

    Please refer to below IATA Tariff table:

     

    Area 1

    Area 2

    Area 3

    IATA Tariff Area

    North America

     Central America  

    South America 

    Hawaii

    Europe 

    Middle East 

    Africa

     

    Asia

     Southwest Pacific

     Guam

     Saipan

    IATA Sub-Tariff Area

    United States of America

     Mexico

     Caribbean 

    Central America

    South America

    Europe

     Middle East

    Africa

     

    Japan

     Korea

     South East Asia

     South Asian Sub-Continent

     Southwest Pacific

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