EVA Air states the exact centimeters of your personal item, then goes silent on checked bags. The carry-on numbers are precise down to the inch. The checked figures are not on the page at all.
What EVA Air actually confirms about your carry-on
Economy and Premium Economy passengers get one hand carry piece at 7 kg, about 15 lb. Royal Laurel and Business get two pieces, each capped at the same 7 kg.
The size limit is exact: 23 by 36 by 56 cm, or 9 by 14 by 22 in. Add the three sides together and the cap is 115 cm total. This EVA Air baggage allowance for the cabin is some of the most specific we have seen published outright.
A measurement test unit sits at check-in and the boarding gate. If your bag does not fit, EVA checks it there on the spot.
The personal item has its own linear ceiling
Every cabin, from Economy to Royal Laurel, gets one free personal item on top of the hand carry piece. Think laptop satchel, purse, small backpack, briefcase, camera case, or a folded rain jacket.
EVA caps it at 40 by 30 by 10 cm, or 16 by 12 by 4 in. Total linear dimension tops out at 80 cm.
Go over that 80 cm line and the item stops counting as a personal item. Instead it becomes your one hand carry piece, and whatever you planned to carry on separately now needs to be checked. Run a bag through our carry-on size checker first.
What happens when EVA actually weighs your bag
Travelers describe a two step process, not a single check. Staff at check-in sometimes weigh the carry-on and attach an approval tag when it passes.
No tag means the gate can weigh it again. A bag caught over the line there gets checked into the hold, and travelers report an excess fee can follow.
How often any of that actually happens varies by station. One Tripadvisor thread flagged Toronto as unusually strict, with staff weighing every bag including the personal item, while travelers flying other routes describe years of never seeing a scale at all. Check the current wording on EVA’s own carry-on baggage page before you fly, since none of this changes the published limit itself.
Why the checked bag numbers are nowhere on the page
EVA Air’s own checked baggage page does not list a single weight, piece count, or fee. It only explains how baggage rules get decided when more than one airline is on your ticket.
The free allowance, in EVA’s own words, ‘varies depending on your route, class and member tier.’ No table backs up that sentence on the page we checked.
That is a real gap, not a guess we are filling in. Our editorial policy explains why we flag a hole like this instead of borrowing a number from somewhere else.
The interline rule that matters on a US itinerary
EVA Air does confirm one specific, US relevant rule. For any trip touching a US or Canadian airport, the first carrier on your ticket sets the free baggage allowance for the whole journey.
Normally the airline flying the longest leg decides the policy. The US and Canada exception overrides that, and it can matter on a connecting itinerary booked through a partner.
Check both segments of a multi airline ticket before you fly. That matters most when EVA is not your first flight of the trip.
What EVA Air does say about checked bag weight
One number does survive outside the vague route language. EVA advises against packing any single piece over 32 kg, about 70 lb, purely for handler safety.
A heavier single bag may still travel, but only with an advance application before the flight. EVA does not publish an oversize or overweight dollar fee alongside that limit on the page we read.
How the EVA Air baggage allowance compares to a similar carrier
The EVA Air baggage allowance sits almost opposite Cathay Pacific’s baggage rules. Cathay states a carry-on weight and stops there, no inches or centimeters anywhere.
EVA does the reverse. It hands over exact carry-on centimeters and inches, then stays quiet on the checked side that Cathay actually publishes.
Either way, use our baggage cost estimator. Our bag finder can also fill in what a single airline page will not.
The bottom line
The EVA Air baggage allowance is unusually exact for the cabin. That is 7 kg, 23 by 36 by 56 cm, and an 80 cm personal item ceiling, all confirmed straight from EVA’s own site.
Checked weight, piece counts, and fees are not published on that same site, beyond a general 32 kg handling caution. Call EVA or check your fare rules before packing a second bag.
Our carry-on rules guide covers the general limits every US traveler should know before the gate.
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