Aeromexico’s cheapest fare does not just skip your checked bag. It cuts your cabin allowance too. The Aeromexico baggage policy splits sharply by fare tier, starting with how much your carry-on can weigh.
Basic fare passengers share one 10 kg limit between their carry-on and personal item combined. Every fare above Basic gives each of those two pieces its own 15 kg allowance instead.
What Aeromexico actually confirms about carry-on weight
Aeromexico’s branded fare pages describe cabin baggage entirely in kilograms. No inch or centimeter figure is published for carry-on or personal item size on the pages we checked.
Classic, AM Plus, Premier, and Premier One fares all state the same rule. One carry-on bag and one personal item. Each can weigh up to 15 kg, about 33 lb.
Basic fare works differently. Its page states a combined weight limit of 10 kg, about 22 lb. That covers both pieces together, not 10 kg apiece.
Why the Basic fare tightens the math
A 10 kg combined limit forces a real trade off at the gate. Pack a laptop bag near that weight and your rolling carry-on has almost nothing left.
Go over, and staff can pull the bag for a gate check. Aeromexico does not publish a size chart to pair with either weight rule.
Run your actual bag through our carry-on size checker before you assume it will clear check-in.
Checked bags, fare by fare
Checked baggage is where this Aeromexico baggage policy diverges most by fare. Basic includes no free checked bag on any route.
Classic also excludes checked baggage as standard. Bags can be purchased at a 25 percent discount off the regular rate.
AM Plus includes the first checked bag on domestic and most international routes. USA routes on AM Plus are priced separately.
Premier and Premier One both include two checked bags at no charge on international trips. Aeromexico lists exceptions for the USA, Canada, South America, and the Caribbean.
On domestic flights, even Premier passengers pay for that first bag.
What a first checked bag costs on Basic
Aeromexico’s Basic fare page lays out first bag pricing by region. It is not one flat number.
Domestic flights within Mexico charge 500 Mexican pesos. Flights to the USA and Canada charge 30 dollars.
Central America and the Caribbean run 700 pesos, about 35 dollars. South America runs 1,000 pesos, about 50 dollars.
Europe is priced at 1,400 pesos, about 60 euros. Flights to Asia include the first checked bag at no extra charge, the only region on this fare that skips it.
See the current numbers yourself on Aeromexico’s own Basic fare page, since regional pricing shifts more often than the weight limits do.
How Aeromexico baggage policy plays out at the gate
Travelers report that Aeromexico rarely puts every carry-on on a scale. When agents do weigh a bag, it is usually one that already looks oversized or heavy, not a random check.
That is small comfort if your bag is the one that draws a second look. Even elite frequent fliers describe getting stopped and weighed on an otherwise routine trip.
The 10 kg figure is not just an Aeromexico invention either. It lines up with a broader Mexican civil aviation carry-on limit, which likely explains why Basic holds to it so firmly.
The practical read is simple: pack to the printed number, not to what cleared the counter on your last flight.
What Aeromexico’s own site does not say
We could not confirm checked bag weight limits on the pages we checked. Nor linear inch totals, nor an overweight or oversize fee schedule.
This Aeromexico baggage policy describes fare inclusions in pieces and kilograms. It skips the size and weight tables some US carriers publish upfront.
We are not going to guess at those numbers here. Our editorial policy explains why a gap stays a gap, instead of getting filled with someone else’s estimate.
How this compares
A 15 kg carry-on allowance reads as generous. Compare it to the fixed dimension limits on Delta’s baggage rules page.
Mexican low cost rival Volaris baggage rules use a similar weight first structure. Travelers connecting between the two should expect the same kind of fine print, not the same numbers.
If your itinerary mixes fare types or carriers, run the total through our baggage cost estimator. It beats adding up peso and dollar fees by hand.
The bottom line
Aeromexico baggage policy rewards reading your exact fare code before you pack. Basic cuts your cabin weight in half against every fare above it.
Basic also skips the free checked bag entirely outside Asia. Confirm your fare’s exact allowance on Aeromexico’s site before departure, since terms shift by route and season.
Our general carry-on rules guide and bag finder can help if your current bag is the one in question.
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