The flyadeal baggage allowance gives you one cabin bag at 55x40x20 cm and 7 kg. You also get a free personal item that has to fit under the seat. That is smaller and lighter than most European budget carriers allow.
A bag that clears easyJet or Ryanair sizing can still get pulled at a flyadeal gate. Saudia’s low cost arm runs a tight cabin baggage policy. The flyadeal baggage allowance applies the same way across its fly, fly+ and flyMax fares.
What flyadeal actually allows in the cabin
The cabin bag limit is 55x40x20 cm, about 21.7×15.7×7.9 inches. It cannot weigh more than 7 kg, or 15.4 lb, according to flyadeal’s own carry-on policy. The personal item is smaller still, at 30x20x40 cm, and it has to slide under the seat.
flyadeal allows one cabin bag per passenger. Passengers flying with an infant get one small extra bag for the seat area. Run your own bag against these numbers with the size checker before you head to the airport.
What happens if your bag is oversized
flyadeal states plainly that an oversized cabin bag gets moved into the hold. A fee applies automatically. That fee is the flyadeal baggage allowance’s real teeth: it is not a warning, it is a charge at the counter or the gate.
Read the full carry-on rules before you pack, especially if your bag is close to the limit.
Checked baggage on flyadeal
No flyadeal fare includes a free checked bag. You buy weight in advance through Manage Booking. Pricing differs by route and by how far ahead you buy it, and it differs again for domestic, international, and Cairo flights.
The maximum single hold bag flyadeal will carry is 140x85x65 cm. Any checked bag over 75x50x35 cm draws an oversize charge on top of the weight fee. flyadeal presents its per kilogram pricing as a fee chart rather than plain text, so this page does not print a specific checked bag price.
Check the current figure in Manage Booking before you fly. Compare it against the baggage fees guide if you are weighing flyadeal against a competitor.
How this compares to other carriers in the region
flyadeal’s 7 kg cabin limit is stricter by weight than flynas. It also sits well below what full service Saudia allows in economy. flynas and flyadeal compete on many of the same Saudi domestic routes, and both enforce cabin weight rather than looking the other way.
A traveler connecting from a US carrier onto flyadeal should assume flyadeal’s own limits govern the flyadeal segment. Through checked baggage agreements between a US carrier and a Gulf low cost airline are rare. Confirm your onward leg separately rather than assuming your US airline’s allowance carries through.
Where the flyadeal baggage allowance actually gets enforced
flyadeal’s own policy closes baggage counters 60 minutes before departure. That leaves little room to argue about an oversized bag once you reach the airport. Independent traveler reports on flyadeal specifically are thin compared with larger global carriers.
The pattern that does surface matches what the airline states outright. A cabin bag over 7 kg gets checked and charged, not waved through. The safest move is to weigh your bag at home before you leave, since a gate scale rarely goes in the passenger’s favor.
Pack according to the packing guide, and keep room in your personal item to shift weight at the last minute.
Security and liquids rules still apply
flyadeal follows the standard 100 milliliter liquid limit inside one resealable bag. This matches the wider region’s airport security rules. Spare lithium batteries must travel in the cabin, individually protected, never inside checked baggage.
If you are unsure whether a specific item is allowed, check the can I bring directory before you pack it.
The bottom line
The flyadeal baggage allowance runs smaller than the global average on cabin weight. Checked bags cost extra on every fare. Weigh your cabin bag before you leave home, buy checked weight in advance if you need it, and treat the 60 minute counter cutoff as firm.
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