All Nippon Airways Checked Baggage

ANA caps every checked piece at 62 inches, or 158cm, counting length, width and height together. The weight cap depends on cabin, not price. Economy and Premium Economy get 50 lb (23kg) per bag.

Business and First get 70 lb (32kg) per bag. All Nippon Airways check-in baggage rules look simple at first glance. Then a reader hits the fare fine print.

The free piece count for Economy can drop all the way to zero on certain tickets. ANA publishes these numbers on its own baggage page. It does not hide them behind a fare calculator.

That makes this one of the more transparent checked policies among the big international carriers. Piece count and weight are set separately, though. Checking only the weight limit is not enough.

All Nippon Airways check-in baggage allowance by cabin

The 62in (158cm) linear cap applies to every cabin and every fare. What changes by cabin is the number of free pieces. What also changes is the weight each piece can carry.

First Class allows up to three pieces at 32kg (70 lb) each. Business Class allows one or two pieces at that same 32kg cap.

Premium Economy allows one or two pieces at 23kg (50 lb) each. Economy is where the fare rules matter most. Some Economy tickets include zero free checked bags.

Others include one or two. The exact number is set by the fare class, not the cabin alone. A traveler on the cheapest Economy fare should confirm the checked allowance first.

ANA sets a hard ceiling above the normal size and weight cap. A bag over 292cm total will not be checked at all. Neither will a bag heavier than 45kg (99 lb).

A passenger can check up to 20 pieces in total. Almost nobody comes close to that number on one ticket.

What ANA will not put in the hold

ANA’s checked baggage page lists items it will not accept in checked bags. Cash, jewelry and securities top the list. Fragile items like cameras and computers belong in the cabin too.

Certain electronic devices built around lithium batteries are excluded from the hold on the same page. That lines up with the lithium battery rules most airlines apply.

Sporting equipment fares better under All Nippon Airways check-in baggage rules than electronics do. Musical instruments, bicycles, golf bags, skis and surfboards can all be checked. They just have to fit the size and weight limits above.

Electric bicycles are allowed conditionally. Other electric vehicles are not accepted.

Anyone packing gear that size should read the site’s guide on what can and cannot go in a checked bag. The battery rules there apply on top of anything ANA states on its own page.

The connecting ticket rule

ANA states plainly that another airline’s baggage rules may apply on some itineraries. That happens when a codeshare flight, or a flight operated by another airline, is part of the trip. This matters most on tickets that mix ANA with a Star Alliance partner.

A checked allowance printed on the ANA page is not automatically the one that governs the whole trip. The safest approach is to check the allowance shown at ticketing for each segment.

Readers connecting through a US hub can see how this plays out on a specific partner. The United Airlines checked baggage page is a useful comparison, since United codeshares with ANA on many transpacific routes.

Overweight and oversize fees

ANA splits its overweight charge into two bands instead of one flat fee. A bag between 23kg and 32kg costs an extra 60 USD on international routes out of the US. Once a bag crosses 32kg, the fee jumps to 200 USD.

That 200 USD is the same amount ANA charges for a bag that exceeds the piece count entirely. Oversize bags, meaning anything between 158cm and 292cm total, also cost 200 USD on US departures.

A bag that is both overweight and oversize gets charged once for each condition. ANA does not publish a weight pooling policy. A light bag cannot offset a heavy one, so each piece is judged on its own number.

The site’s guide to overweight and oversize baggage fees covers how these charges work across carriers generally. The baggage cost calculator can total a specific trip’s fees before booking.

Packing a bag that stays under the cap

ANA’s weight cap trips up more travelers than its size limit does. That makes the empty weight of the suitcase itself matter more than usual. A heavy case eats into a 23kg Economy allowance before a single item goes inside it.

The Travelpro Maxlite 5 29 inch is one of the lighter large checked cases sold. That leaves more of a 23kg or 32kg allowance for what actually gets packed. A shorter trip fits the smaller Travelpro Maxlite 5 25 inch expandable spinner, which stays well under the 158cm linear limit.

The Samsonite Omni PC 24 inch runs about 62 linear inches total, comfortably inside ANA’s cap. Reviewers rate it as a durable middle ground between a light softside and a heavier premium hardside.

The Delsey Paris Helium Aero 24 inch checked spinner sits at a similar size. It adds a built in lock for travelers who want that feature.

A traveler eyeing the Amazon Basics 30 inch hardside checked luggage should measure it first. At 30 inches on its longest side, a fully packed case in that class can land close to ANA’s oversize threshold once wheels and handle are counted.

Carrying an Etekcity digital luggage scale and weighing bags at home is the simplest way to dodge ANA’s overweight charge entirely.

Anyone packing close to the 62 inch line on any carrier should read the site’s guide on how checked baggage weight limits work. A separate guide covers checked bags on connecting flights for mixed itineraries.

ANA publishes the allowance and the US departure fees on its own checked baggage page, which is the source for the figures above.

The bottom line

All Nippon Airways check-in baggage rules are straightforward on paper. The cap is 62in (158cm) total for every cabin. Economy and Premium Economy carry 23kg per piece, while Business and First carry 32kg.

The part that actually costs travelers money is the piece count on cheap Economy fares. That count can drop to zero free bags on some tickets.

Weighing a bag before leaving home covers most of what trips people up on ANA. So does checking the specific fare rules rather than the cabin alone. For the cabin side of the same trip, see the ANA carry on size page.

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