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Baggage Policy Change Tracker

A dated log of what changed and when, produced as a by-product of checking every airline page ourselves.

  1. Delta Air LinesMeasurements include handles and wheels; combined L+W+H must not exceed 45 in (114 cm). Delta Connection flights with 50 seats or fewer permit only a personal item onboard; larger carry-ons are gate-checked free.
  2. Southwest AirlinesWheels, handles, and attachments count toward the 24x16x10 in dimensions; Southwest does not publish a carry-on weight limit or restrict carry-on size by fare class.
  3. American AirlinesDimensions include handles and wheels; no published weight limit for carry-on bags. Basic Economy is still permitted one carry-on plus one personal item.
  4. Frontier AirlinesCarry-on bags are not free on Frontier's base (standalone) fare — must be purchased a la carte or come included with an Economy, Premium, or Business fare bundle.
  5. Spirit AirlinesOnly a free personal item is guaranteed on every fare; a carry-on bag is a paid add-on on most fares, included free only on Spirit's top bundle (Go Big/Go Comfy).
  6. JetBlueNo published weight limit, but the bag must fit the sizer and be liftable into the overhead bin unassisted; all fares, including Blue Basic, include one free carry-on as of Sept 6, 2024.
  7. Air CanadaNo published weight limit, but the bag must be liftable into the overhead bin unassisted, and sizing rules are strictly enforced at the gate.
  8. British AirwaysNo published weight limit, but the bag (including wheels and handles) must be liftable into the overhead locker yourself; Basic (hand-baggage-only) fares still get this same cabin bag allowance.

Why this exists

Baggage policies change quietly. An airline trims a carry-on allowance by an inch, or moves a fee up by ten dollars, and the only announcement is the page itself changing. Anyone who copied the old number once and never went back is now publishing something false.

We re-check carrier pages on a schedule and stamp every airline record with the date it was last verified. This log is simply that data, ordered by date. It costs us nothing extra to publish and it is the clearest proof we can offer that the numbers on this site are maintained rather than scraped once and forgotten.

How to read a date

Every airline page carries the date its figures were last read off the carrier’s own site, and a link to the page they came from. If that date is old, treat the figures as indicative and check the source before you fly. If a page carries no date at all, we have not verified it yet and we say so on the page rather than filling the gap with a plausible guess.

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