VietJet Air Baggage Fees

VietJet Air baggage fees are priced in Vietnamese dong, and they rise the longer a passenger waits to pay. Buying checked weight within 24 hours of booking is cheapest on every route. The airport counter price on departure day can run two or three times higher for the same kilos.

That gap explains most VietJet Air baggage fees complaints. The base fare covers only a 7kg combined carry-on and personal item. Every checked kilogram is an add-on.

VietJet sells checked weight in tiers, not a flat first bag or second bag fee the way a US carrier does. VietJet is a Vietnamese low cost carrier. It publishes its own baggage service page for the size and weight rules, plus a separate fee schedule for pricing.

Checked baggage prices by weight and timing

VietJet sells checked weight in bands, not per bag. The price depends on three things. How far ahead a passenger buys it, the route zone, and how many kilograms are added.

Weight tiers run from 20kg up through 70kg on most routes. Each extra 5kg or 10kg step raises the price shown at checkout.

On the Australia, Kazakhstan and Europe routes the top tier can price above 10 million VND. That reflects the larger aircraft, not a punitive fee. This is one more reason VietJet Air baggage fees are worth checking before departure day, not after.

The domestic same day rate is quoted per 15kg, not the 20kg block used on every other tier. That one detail trips up travelers comparing routes side by side.

Prepay early or pay at the airport

The math is consistent across every route VietJet publishes. Book baggage within 24 hours, pay the least. Wait until check-in day, and the price can more than double.

Some legacy carriers price bags the other way, with a modest counter surcharge over the online price. On VietJet, the surcharge is the headline fee.

A passenger who books today and pays for baggage tomorrow morning has already missed the cheapest window. Use the site’s baggage cost calculator to compare each stage before locking in a fare. The general playbook is at how to avoid baggage fees.

Overweight and oversize charges

Going over a purchased weight tier costs per kilogram. VietJet’s published range runs from about 40,000 VND per kilo on short domestic routes. It climbs past 1,000,000 VND per kilo on some international zones.

That range is wide. A bag five kilos over on a long haul route can cost more than buying a bigger tier in advance, so weigh at home first.

Oversized bags are anything bigger than the standard 119cm by 119cm by 81cm box. They must still fit VietJet’s 200cm by 119cm by 81cm oversize limit.

The airline lists a flat oversize fee of 300,000 to 600,000 VND. Only one oversized piece is allowed per passenger per flight.

A hook and read scale like the Etekcity digital luggage scale pays for itself the first time it catches a heavy bag before the counter does. VietJet’s per kilo overage math punishes guessing more than most airlines’. See the general rules on overweight and oversize baggage fees for how other carriers compare.

Priority carry-on and the 7kg cap

VietJet sells a priority carry-on option that raises the cabin allowance by 2kg. It is priced from roughly 230,000 VND domestically. It rises to nearly 1,000,000 VND on some international routes.

The base cabin allowance covers the main bag and personal item together at 7kg. This add-on can be a cheaper fix for a slightly heavy backpack than checking it, though it does not change the box size.

A bag that fails the 56cm by 36cm by 23cm sizer still has to be checked, no matter what has been paid for weight.

No credit card or elite waiver published

VietJet does not publish a credit card baggage waiver or an elite tier with free checked weight. That is unlike the airline cards that cover a first bag on several US carriers.

Readers used to that system can see how it usually works at credit cards that cover baggage fees. On VietJet, every kilogram of checked weight is paid for directly, at booking or at the counter.

How VietJet compares to other Asian low cost carriers

VietJet’s timing based pricing is close in spirit to Scoot’s baggage fees and Jetstar’s baggage fees. Both also charge more the closer a passenger books to departure.

VietJet’s 7kg combined cabin allowance is tighter than what some regional rivals allow for a single carry-on bag. That raises the odds a traveler pays for checked weight on VietJet just to keep the cabin bag under the limit.

The VietJet Air Baggage Rules record on this site holds the full allowance table that this page builds on.

The bottom line

VietJet Air baggage fees reward planning ahead. Buy checked weight within 24 hours of booking, weigh the bag at home, and treat the 7kg cabin cap as real since staff check it at the gate.

Waiting until the airport counter to add a bag is consistently the most expensive way to fly VietJet, on every route the airline publishes pricing for.

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