Excess Baggage at Copa Airlines

Sometimes, when people travel they take more luggage than the maximum allowed by airlines
to take free of charge. When passengers are in this situation, they have to pay
a fee in order to be able to have their luggage in their same flight. Most of
the time, customers do not know about this fee because travelling implies taken
too many things into account: do not forgetting the passport, the tickets, all
clothes and personal items needed, checking that the suitcases are in a good
condition, and so on. This article aims at clarifying this matter as much as
possible to avoid future inconveniences at the airport.

This article focuses on Copa Airlines and all this information is in Copa Airlines'
baggage policy. It is adviced that customers have a look at it before preparing
their baggage because it is modified from time to time.

For Copa Airlines to accept passengers’ luggage, it has to be checked beforehand.
Passengers should look for any hooks or objects that stick out of suitcases and
get rid of them, so that they do not dammage other passengers' suitcases and
also do not get stuck in the luggage transport system of airports.



After this precaution is taken, passengers should abide by the maximun weight of cases and
bags allowed by the airline. Each suitcase should be up to 99 lb in order to be
taken as checked baggage. All luggage weighting more than that will not be
accepted and has to be sent by freight. Also, charges are applied to all pieces
that do not meet the weight restrictions, so it is a good idea weighting all
cases at home and, in case passengers' luggage exceeds 99 lb, taking out
unnecessary items from cases. The costs of fees vary dependong on each
country’s charges.

Another piece of advice is checking cases’ dimensions. Each case should be up to 62 combined
linerar inches. Combined refers to the fact that height, width, and length is
considered. So, when the combined measurement of a piece is 63 inches and up to
107 inches, it is considered excess baggage. And, this is something to bear in
mind, those over 107 inches are not accepted, and must be sent as cargo. Futher,
the same as with cases that exceed the weight restrictions, those pieces that
exceed the dimention restrictions will be charged a fee. These fees are not
fixed but cumulative. That is, if a case exceeds height and witdth, the sum of
both fees is charged. These cumulative fees also take into account weight
restrictions. It is important to know that suitcases that exceed baggage
regulations are transported subject to space availability. This means that
unless passengers need to take such big luggage for a major reason, it is
recommended no to do so, so they can take their suitcases in their same flight.
Complying with the regulations will save passengers some money as well as
inconveniences. At the Copa Airline’s web page there are some examples shown so
that customers are well aware of how these regulations work.
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