special baggage

Plenty of items fall within the special baggage category: boxes, sports equipment, musical instruments, wheelchairs, prams/baby carriages, firearms and pets, among others.

Each airline has its own set of regulations regarding the transportation of special baggage. Often you are allowed to transport some specific items using all or part of your baggage allowance. To transport some other items, you have to pay. Prams/baby carriages and wheelchairs can be transported at no additional cost in many airlines. However, there are a few companies that will include those items on your baggage allowance, while there are a few airlines that will not transport certain models (usually those that are quite large and can’t be folded for storage). For the transportation of large and delicate musical instruments you might even need to purchase a separate ticket!

It’s good to be informed as in specific times of the year the airlines run promotions allowing the transportation of sports equipment at no extra charge (that is the case, for example, in some flights from Brazil to Argentina during the skiing season).

As for the transportation of boxes, some companies do not allow it. Others will only let you carry unopened boxes the way they came from the shop when you bought the equipment contained inside. A third group of airlines will allow you to check-in boxes for as long as they comply with certain limits.

As for pets, there are increasingly fewer companies transporting pets. Those that still allow them are limiting the maximum size of the animal. Never mind the complex paperwork you have to fill. Flying with pets is becoming more difficult every day.

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