Check in baggage

• If you travel with a smart bag, you must be able to remove the battery in case the bag has to be checked-in at any point during the journey.
• You must carry the removed lithium battery in your cabin baggage and it will be treated in accordance with existing spare lithium battery requirements.

For more details regarding baggage information, including controlled and banned items in addition to the carriers’ policy on batteries, please visit travelling with spare batteries.

Your baggage will be through-checked to your final destination if you are holding connecting itineraries booked on a single ticket or if you are connecting between flights operated by Cathay Pacific Group.

As a courtesy, Cathay Pacific will also through-check your bags to your final destination if you are travelling on separate tickets involving connections with our airline partners provided that your journey begins with Cathay Pacific.

Please note however that through-check may not be possible if your travel begins with an airline that does not provide this service.

When you fly to or via America, your luggage is counted in a piece system with a weight and size limit.

The following articles count as one ‘piece’ (158 cm / 62 in, in total dimensions) regardless of their actual dimensions:

• One sleeping bag or bed-roll
• One rucksack, knapsack or backpack
• One pair of snow skis with one pair of ski poles and boots
  
• One snowboard and boots
• One water surfing board (158 cm / 62 in of length, regardless width)
• One golf bag containing clubs and accompanying golf shoes
• One duffle-type bag or type 22 bag (soft-sided and zippered bags with side panels that can be opened with a zipper)
• One suitably packed bicycle. This should be: non-motorised touring or racing single seat bicyle; handlebars are fixed and tightened sideways or parallel to the frame or enclosed in plastic foam or similar material; pedals are removed or fixed inwards or enclosed in plastic foam or similar material; tyres are deflated; packed in a strong and protective hard case or recognised bicycle box.
• One pair of standard water skis or slalom water skis
• Suitably packed fishing equipment consisting of two rods, one reel, one landing net, one pair of fishing boots and tackle box

Travelling with sporting firearms
Sporting firearms consist of:

• One rifle case containing not more than two rifles, 5kg / 10 lb of ammunition, one shooting mat, noise suppressor and small rifle tools
• Two shotguns and two shotgun cases
• One pistol case containing not more than five pistols, 5 kg / 10 lbs of ammunition, noise suppressors, one pistol telescope and small pistol tools

Any passenger wishing to travel with firearms should read about our prohibited items and get in touch with your booking and reservation office for further details.

Free baggage allowance and extra baggage charges for flights that involve one or more other airlines (i.e. not Cathay Pacific) rely on a new method of calculation. This is in agreement with the new baggage policy from the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Read more about our most significant carrier rules.

If you use a mobility aid* or assistive device** to get around, we want to help you understand what you can bring free of charge. It depends on the nature of the device and the route you fly.

Acceptable items include portable electronic medical devices, canes, walkers,crutches, wheelchairs, and wheelchair accessories. Such devices help a passenger with a disability in their everyday life. Equipment used by a service animal (e.g. a harness or leash) that helps the animal work would also be considered an assistive device. Food for a service animal is not regarded as equipment and would have to be checked in or carried as hand baggage, following our regulations. Please note that wheelchairs are subject to stowage criteria.

Take note of your route to see what you can bring along free of charge.

For flights to/from the USA, there are no restrictions on the number of mobility aids and assistive aids you can bring on board for free.

On flights to other destinations, you may bring one assistive device and two mobility aids per passenger, in addition to your standard check in allowance.

See our help for passengers options for more information.