Zero cabin baggage on Finnair/BA transatlantic code share?

[dohouch]

I have a flight, to USA, which is BA aircraft but a codeshare with Finnair. It says no baggage, after chatting with Finnair was given a link to BA, which gives 23Kg as cabin allowance. This all seems a bit odd to me. Would like to hear opinions on the possibility of transatlantic flights with zero baggage, including zero cabin

[san diego]

It looks as though you have bought a BA basic fare which has no checked baggage allowance, probably through a third party agent. If they didn't tell you there was no allowance, you may have a justified complaint, if you just assumed there was and didn't read all the fare rules, then you will be delighted to know bags cost £40 each way. All of a sudden it may not seem like such a bargain after all.,

[dohouch]

@san diego did a search for BA " basic fare" and came up with
BRITISH AIRWAYS LAUNCHES NEW LONG-HAUL ‘BASIC’ FARE GIVING CUSTOMERS GREATER CHOICE (http://mediacentre.britishairways.com/pressrelease/details/86/News-1/9316)


"They’ll still receive our generous hand baggage allowance, a seat allocated to them in advance, "


British Airways’ hand baggage allowance is one handbag/laptop bag (max. 23kg / 51lb and up to 40 x 30 x 15cm / 16 x 12 x 6in) plus one additional cabin bag (max. 23kg / 51lb and up to 56 x 45 x 25cm / 22 x 18 x 10in)

46 Kg as hand luggage seems unbelievable, like a misprint. I normally travel with 06 Kg in a backpack

[wiggy]

Current info for BA passengers here, hand baggage only fares, only on selected routes.

https://www.britishairways.com/en-gb/information/baggage-essentials/hand-baggage-allowances

the 23 kg is consistent..:oh: ...

[TimGriff6]

@san diego did a search for BA " basic fare" and came up with
BRITISH AIRWAYS LAUNCHES NEW LONG-HAUL ‘BASIC’ FARE GIVING CUSTOMERS GREATER CHOICE (http://mediacentre.britishairways.com/pressrelease/details/86/News-1/9316)
46 Kg as hand luggage seems unbelievable, like a misprint. I normally travel with 06 Kg in a backpack

So two adults travelling with an infant can take 5 bags, each of up to 23kg with them - the 23kg additional bag for each adult and for the baby will go in the overhead bin - if they decide to put it all up there, we are talking 115 kg if doesn't overload the bin!. I know that I would struggle to lift 23 kg into the overhead bin and I would really not want 79kg or more of my seat neighbour's belongings dropping onto my head when something goes wrong.
I think this is really the wrong message to be sending out about carry on luggage.

[PAXboy]

To get away with this - you would have to prove their website fault with no chance of them denying it! Be interesting to see how long until it is corrected.

[Mark in CA]

46 Kg as hand luggage seems unbelievable, like a misprint. I normally travel with 06 Kg in a backpack

I have noticed this before. Not a misprint.

I just booked my own flight to the US from EU via American, return on BA, and was also a bit surprised by the zero checked baggage allowance on what is now being called basic economy. But there it is. Lufthansa has the same thing, only they charge even more for a checked bag. Haven't checked Air France lately.