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Air Canada - Star Alliance - Strict Luggage rules?
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Hi y'all!
Not having taken Air Canada in donkey's ages, I will be heading out to YVR/Whistler and checked about luggage, as one does on Air Canada's website.
Economy:
Checked luggage seems to be a total linear length of 158cm and 23Kgs
Hand luggage is 23 cm x 40 cm x 55 cm to a max of 10Kgs
Personal Item 16 cm x 33 cm x 43 cm to a max of 10 Kgs
Star Alliance partners are more or less that same except Hand and Personal Items are limited to 8Kgs.
Given recent articles that Air Canada is clamping down drastically on hand luggage size/ weight on domestic flights, I was wondering if any one knew if AC was just as strict on Checked luggage on long haul... 158cm can be quite resrtictive...
Thanks for any views/ advice etc...
I know that the best advice is to keep to all dimensions and weight...
Thanks!
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We got clobbered by Air Canada on the way home; my mother in law had bought lots of gifts in Whistler (because obviously you can't get maple syrup in the UK
) and her suitcase was way over. She had to buy a second bag and pay the extra. We were able to put some of her stuff in our bags though. They fortunately didn't weigh our snowboard bag (it had my new skis hidden in it)...
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
per person 1 bag 23kgs , 70 can dollars for extra bag / ski gear , pre register 24hrs before departure through air canada reservations . just looked cos im going out in feb
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We have gone to Calgary or Vancouver every year for the past 11 years, sometimes both. Always on Air Canada - very mixed experiences. Sometimes the check in agent is very fussy, other times not so. The most fussy are the UK agents. Always strict on weight, have never had anyone measure our bags, but they are probably within the permitted dimensions to be honest. The linear length does not apply to ski bags AFAIK - I think it says so somewhere in the details. Have a great trip!
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@f1l
, don't forget hand luggage - up to 10kg and one extra personal item up to 10kg. Ski bag can be counted as your checked luggage if you want.
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) and her suitcase was way over. She had to buy a second bag and pay the extra. We were able to put some of her stuff in our bags though. They fortunately didn't weigh our snowboard bag (it had my new skis hidden in it)...