Air NZ - do they charge for oversized items?

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#303956 23-Mar-2023 10:40

I have a piece of art stashed at my brothers in WLG, its about 1m square with the frame.

I thought I'd just get him to bring it up on the plane when he came up to AKL last month, but he said he enquired and Air NZ said they'd charge him so he didn't bring it. But when I've flown with oversized sport equip I have never had to pay, and others have said to me they've taking oversized items too and just put them onto the oversize luggage area and not paid extra.

Who's right? And if they do charge does anyone know how much it will cost? My wife is heading down to WLG soon so it would be a good opportunity to bring it back on the flight with her.

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#3053681 23-Mar-2023 10:41

What does the Air New Zealand website say?

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#3053689 23-Mar-2023 11:05

Last time I travelled with a surfboard, it counted just as a normal checked bag. I just printed off a bag-tag and dropped it off at the oversize area. No issues at all. I think if it is over a certain size then they charge you?

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#3053690 23-Mar-2023 11:05

Linux: What does the Air New Zealand website say?

That it's oversized - its length + height + width is > 158cm. And that they will charge for oversized, looks to be $20.

The $20 listed is WAAAAAAAAAY less than the person my brother spoke to told him it would be, so thanks for prompting me to look. Im starting to wonder if they thought he was trying to freight it or something.

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#3053742 23-Mar-2023 11:29

IME only if it's checked baggage. People routinely drag oversized carry-on onto planes. On a regional flight they find it doesn't fit anywhere and then it becomes the cabin crew's problem to solve. Option 1 is to stick it sideways under the seat and deprive their neighbour of legroom.

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#3053743 23-Mar-2023 11:43

I really wish carry-on luggage sizes were enforced before boarding.

Pretty much every time you fly, you can guarantee someone will try and stuff their hardshell mini suitcase into the overhead locker, and it just won't fit. Meanwhile they're holding up everyone else from getting to their seat..

There are the carry-on luggage size & weight checker things, but no one uses them, and it's definitely not enforced by the gate crews when having boarding passes scanned.

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#3053745 23-Mar-2023 11:50

Mehrts:
I really wish carry-on luggage sizes were enforced before boarding.

Pretty much every time you fly, you can guarantee someone will try and stuff their hardshell mini suitcase into the overhead locker, and it just won't fit. Meanwhile they're holding up everyone else from getting to their seat..

There are the carry-on luggage size & weight checker things, but no one uses them, and it's definitely not enforced by the gate crews when having boarding passes scanned.

Haha I feel attacked! Although in my defence my hard shell suitcase fitted into the carry on checker thing, but not in the actual overhead lockers...

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#3053753 23-Mar-2023 12:01

duckDecoy:

Linux: What does the Air New Zealand website say?

That it's oversized - its length + height + width is > 158cm. And that they will charge for oversized, looks to be $20.

The $20 listed is WAAAAAAAAAY less than the person my brother spoke to told him it would be, so thanks for prompting me to look. Im starting to wonder if they thought he was trying to freight it or something.

If they charge you at all,

If you're on the A320 Jet network , something 1m*1m is no problem to stuff into a belly container, just make sure its well wrapped,

I've taken a couple of bench seats from WLG to ZQN over the past few years, all at least 1.5m long, as long as its well wrapped and goes through the oversized scanner fine they don't really seem to care... ( esp if its within your piece allowance)

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#3053756 23-Mar-2023 12:04

BlargHonk:

Haha I feel attacked! Although in my defence my hard shell suitcase fitted into the carry on checker thing, but not in the actual overhead lockers...

Good point haha, maybe they should have a couple of spare "sample" overhead bins from each aircraft type in the check-in area for people to attempt stuffing things into.

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#3053776 23-Mar-2023 13:18

I've checked in a couch before with Air NZ on an ATR and didn't have to pay anything extra. Your results may vary.

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#3053778 23-Mar-2023 13:29

I have taken a golf bag in a large hardshell case and also snow skis in a large padded bag as checked baggage countless times. AirNZ do not charge extra. The airline whose name shall never be spoken do charge for this.

Airlines vary. Hawaiian Airlines don't charge but this is an exception for golf bags. They do charge for some other stuff.

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#3053783 23-Mar-2023 13:44

Sports equipment have an exception (along with other things, check carrier website) because usually they’re long/flat instead of large in all dimensions. Aside from needing to take it to oversized drop-off it only counts as regular checked baggage.

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#3053785 23-Mar-2023 13:52

boosacnoodle:

I've checked in a couch before with Air NZ on an ATR and didn't have to pay anything extra. Your results may vary.

and we have the winner for this thread

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#3053810 23-Mar-2023 15:13

Batman:

boosacnoodle:

I've checked in a couch before with Air NZ on an ATR and didn't have to pay anything extra. Your results may vary.

and we have the winner for this thread

Was anyone sitting on the couch for the duration? Is this where SkyCouch was born?

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#3053811 23-Mar-2023 15:16

BlargHonk:

Haha I feel attacked! Although in my defence my hard shell suitcase fitted into the carry on checker thing, but not in the actual overhead lockers...

Those lockers are silly-small. I have the smallest Samsonite carry on, which is lightly taller and narrower. It fits comfortably in the ATR overhead on AirNZ and juts fits in their Q300 overhead. The standard Samsonite bags do not fit in the Q300. Oddles of room on the A320 and larger.

For their part AirNZ's lockers really should comply with the luggage standard size - 560 x 360 x 230

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#3053812 23-Mar-2023 15:22

Batman:

boosacnoodle:

I've checked in a couch before with Air NZ on an ATR and didn't have to pay anything extra. Your results may vary.

and we have the winner for this thread

Musta been flying from Dunners to a Student Seminar elsewhere in NZ :-)

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