Soon we will fly to Asia and I already monitor the tickets. Second question after the cost, I wonder about baggage – now we have it it turned out more than desired, especially what goes into manual put it down I have a huge photo backpack, in which a camera and lenses, so for now it’s not clear to me to declare it as “camera” or as “hand luggage”.
In the post I will collect some information about the airlines which we may fly to Thailand.
In any case, before the flight, you need to call your airline and clarify all the details. So many airlines had changes regarding free baggage allowance (adopted new rules). And also because almost all airline websites have no words that you can take with you to the salon for a child if he is flying no place and how many extra things (cameras, laptops, etc.) you can take with you to the salon to an adult.
I also recommend everyone to do baggage insurance, very useful. The thing about this was written in detail in this post.
Economy class. Luggage: the sum of 3 dimensions up to 158 cm (in rare 207 cm cases) Hand luggage: 55x40x20 or the sum of three dimensions to 115 cm
Free baggage allowance
The content of the article
- 1 Aeroflot
- 2 Transaero
- 3 S7
Contents
Aeroflot
23 kg in luggage + 10 kg carry-on baggage + 1 camera + 1 laptop. Moreover, one operator from the call-center said that the camera should be of adequate size and you can only one thing in the salon, and the other you can say two things, and that a camera of any size 
On a child up to 2 years old – 10 kg baggage, no hand luggage, but you can take children’s things that will be required in flight.
Transaero
20 kg luggage + 5 kg carry-on baggage + 1 camera + 1 laptop. On A child under 2 years old has no baggage or hand luggage, but you can separately on him to take a stroller, cane and food.
We flew them from Bangkok to Moscow, hand luggage is not checked, but we had a seemingly small, but most likely more than 5 kg. There was also a medium sized photo bag.
S7
When transplanting in Russia, the S7 rules apply. 20 kg luggage + 7 kg carry-on baggage + 1 camera + 1 laptop. For a child up to 2 years – 10 kg of luggage, no hand luggage, but you can take food.
When transferring to Abu Dhabi, Etihad rules apply. 23 kg baggage + 7 kg carry-on baggage + 1 camera + 1 laptop. On a child up to 2 years old – 23 kg baggage, no hand luggage.
P.S. If you are going to buy tickets, I advise you to look at them Aviasales.ru and Skyscanner.ru are convenient services, we use ourselves. by them.
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