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Baggage in excess of the free / checked baggage allowance
will be charged at the applicable rate. The excess baggage
charge is determined by the number of pieces, size, and weight
of your baggage. Please contact our reservations
office for exact rates.
Computation of Special Charges
Bulky or Fragile Baggage Occupying a Passenger Seat
If you wish to carry any musical instrument or diplomatic bag onboard
that is necessary to occupy another passenger seat, it will be charged at
100% of the full one-way adult fare for the travel class you choose between
the points the baggage is to be transported.
One seat should not exceed 78kgs.
Your cabin baggage and other checked baggage shall be weighed separately.
Since special arrangement is required to accommodate your bulky baggage,
you MUST inform our reservations office when you make your booking.
Golfing Equipment
Golfing equipment contained in one golf bag with one pair of golf
shoes, and not weighing more than 15kg, shall be assessed at a special
golf excess baggage rate equivalent to 6kg of the applicable excess
baggage rate between the points the golf equipment is to be transported.
The golfing equipment can be included in your normal free / checked
baggage allowance. Any overweight resulting from such an inclusion shall
be assessed at the above special charge or the normal excess baggage
charge, whichever is less.
Only one set of golfing equipment per
passenger is applicable to this special rate.
Snow / Water Skiing Equipment
Snow / Water skiing equipment consisting of:
- one pair of skis, one pair of ski poles, one pair of boots, or
- one snowboard, one pair of boots, or
- one pair of standard water skis or one slalom water ski
shall be assessed at a special ski excess baggage rate equivalent to 3kg of
the applicable excess baggage rate between the points the skiing equipment
is to be transported.
The skiing equipment can be included in your
normal free / checked baggage allowance. Any overweight resulting from
such an inclusion shall be assessed at the above special charge or the
normal excess baggage charge, whichever is less.
Only one set of skiing equipment per passenger is applicable to
this special rate.
Surfboarding Equipmemt
Surfboarding equipment (including windsurfing equipment) consisting
of a surfboard WILL NOT be included in the free / checked baggage allowance,
and will be assessed as:
(by piece)
- 50% of the applicable unit charge if not exceeding 277cm / 109in, or
- 100% of the applicable unit charge if exceeding the above dimensions
Only one set of surfboarding equipment per passenger will be entitled to the
50% special rate. Any additional boards will be charged at the applicable
excess baggage charge.
(by weight)
- one board not exceeding 277cm / 109in, will be charged at the
applicable rate of 5kg of excess baggage, or
- one board exceeding 277cm, / 109in will be charged at the applicable
rate of 8kg of excess baggage
Only one set of surfboarding equipment per passenger will be entitled to the
special rate. Any additional boards will be charged at the applicable excess
baggage charge.
Please note that the special rate is not applicable to passengers travelling
to / from / within the following countries in South West Pacific:
American Samoa, Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Kiribati
(Canton and Enderbury Islands), Nauru, New Caledonia (including Loyalty Islands),
New Zealand, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu,
Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna Islands.
Live Animals
With the exclusion of service dogs, live animals of any description are
NOT PERMITTED IN THE PASSENGER CABIN, and are not applicable to interline
through check. In all cases (except services dogs, which are permitted to
travel free of charge), the animal will be treated as excess baggage for
which you will be obliged to pay the applicable rate. Excess baggage charges
will be assessed on the basis of the total weight of the animal and its
container.
Please ensure you obtain all necessary permits to enable the animal to
enter the country / territory of destination (including transit). Cathay Pacific
Airways will not be responsible in the event of the animal being refused entry
into, or passage through, any country / territory. You as the owner assume
all risks of injury to (or sickness or death of) the animal.
In view of aircraft safety, we will not accept fighting dogs for carriage
on all our flights.
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