To Dalaman, Turkey from Bratislava in March and April
30 €
LATAM Airlines baggage
The number, size and weight of baggage allowed always depends on the fare purchased.
Hand luggage
For domestic and international flights within South America, the cheapest fare is always the one sold Basicwhich includes only a small hand luggage of 45 x 35 x 20 cm.
You can add a larger carry-on bag in addition to the Basic fare at the time of booking your ticket for about 51 eur, which is slightly cheaper than the "Light" fare.
Cheapest fare for long-haul flights Light and all other more expensive fares include two cabin bags - 55 x 35 x 25 cm and a small 45 x 35 x 20 cm bag.
The total weight of hand luggage should not exceed 12 kg, or 16 kg for business and premium economy class passengers.
Checked baggage
Checked baggage is not included in the cheapest fares Basic, Light.
If you only want to purchase checked baggage, select a Basic or Light fare and add 1 piece of checked baggage up to 23 kg in the second step for approx. 57 eur.
Passengers with a ticket on Full fares get a free checked bag up to 23 kg, and Premium Economy Class and Business Class passengers get 2 free bags of 23 kg each.
Prices vary according to the specific route and detailed conditions can be found at latamairlines.com/baggage.
Overweight charges
Checked baggage weight and carry-on size are strictly controlled and you may be subject to a fine if you break the rules.
Prices vary considerably depending on the route and you can find a list of them on this page latamairlines.com/excess-fees.
Luggage for children
If you're travelling with a child under 2 years old, you can take one extra small hand luggage of 45 x 35 x 20 cm, a pushchair and a child car seat free of charge.
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Gernot Friedl
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I have a ticket for a domestic flight in Chile at the Full fare.
How much baggage can I take with me as a Frequent Traveller with Miles and More?
Hey. Hey. On my RTW I'm dealing with little things that save a ton of money. I need to not fly two segments on two routes. First Auckland- Santiago- Lima (the one to Lima, saving approx. From Santiago I want to buy straight to Cuzco for similar money with an overnight in Santiago. Second flight Cuzco- Lima- Bogota- Medellín (not to fly the last segment, saving about 3,5 compared to direct flight Cuzco-Bogota). Will it be ok? 😁😀 Another thing is the luggage. The fare with carry-on is 70usd more expensive than with small luggage, but the en route penalty for oversize is 50 usd. 😀 Probably better to skip the small luggage... (I fly with about 5kg 20l backpack).
"I want to buy from Lima straight to Cuzco for similar money with an overnight stay in Santiago."
What do you want to buy? LIM-CUZ or LIM-SCL-CUZ?
I'm an idiot. It was supposed to be from Santiago to Cuzco (I'm not flying Santiago-Lima).
I think it should be OK.
During my first and last RTW in 2019, I also had these tails forfeited to save money:
Latam: CDG-GRU-EZE-LIM-ASU-LIM-(-GRU-CDG not flown);
Avianca: LIM-BOG-MEX-(-SAL not flown);
I would not purchase baggage.
You should be able to fit into the dimensions with a backpack. Or you can pull it down with a drawstring with plastic hooks.
Both flights are with LATAM? Are you gonna tell them you're sick? It's probably unlikely to go through, but if they see in the system that you have another ticket with them the next day, they might see it as circumventing their fare policy. Probably like the famous case with Lufthansa where the other ticket was with the same airline.
I hope the luggage meets the dimensions. I flew LATAM to the Galapagos with about a 25 litre full bag and they didn't check anyone. I haven't seen checks on other flights with other airlines in Latin America in recent months either, and if there was a cage anywhere, it was far from the gate.
In the first case, Auckland- Santiago- Lima, I'm doing it mainly because the previous flight is very long and would be followed by a 4hr connection and another 4hr flight. Of course the price difference was also quite big. And yes, I'll be taking a second day ticket with LATAM Santiago- Cuzco as well (I'll save a segment, shorten the trip, have a full day and night in Santiago and save about a triple). And I would tell them the truth. I changed my travel plans, they probably can't force me on a plane. The other case was to either buy Cuzco- Bogota with Avianica for 8, or Cuzco-Lima-Bogota- Medellín for less than half that. For the last segment, I'm thinking of dropping BID (it's 9usd there) to premium economy, and then I can still go to Latam Lounge in Bogota for dinner 😀 (but this joke probably won't work)
Maybe someone more knowledgeable will comment on this, but I've noted in the past in discussions here (I have no experience with this and don't follow other ticket discussions) on this topic that not boarding a connecting flight on a classic airline needs to be excused by some slight temporary health problem or something similar. They certainly won't force you onto the plane, but they might want to make up the difference. The question is how they would force you. Unless they deny you boarding until you pay. That's why it would be fine if you flew another airline afterwards. And of course you shouldn't tell them you bought it that way with the intention of saving money. The fact that the flight is too long is understandable, but irrelevant from that perspective.
They have a pricing policy that makes international direct flights (maybe even domestic) significantly more expensive than connecting ones. It makes sense (from a profit maximization perspective) because many people are willing to pay more money for a more comfortable and faster direct flight.
If you'd been in that Santiago for more days, you could at least say that you changed your travel plans after you bought the ticket (hopefully not within a few days of buying it, if you already had), that you wanted to visit something or someone there that you didn't know before you bought the first ticket. Moving up a day or maybe just a night doesn't help that explanation. But I really have no idea if they handle such cases in practice. I'm just writing that if they want to, it might turn out differently than you imagine.