Baggage
Excess baggage charges
If your baggage exceeds the free checked piece and weight allowance, excess baggage charges will be applied. To find out more about how excess baggage charges are levied, please see below.
At a glance
- Excess baggage charges
Excess baggage charges pricing policy
Excess baggage charges are levied based on:
- Zonal pricing: For all itineraries not including the United States / Brazil
- Piece pricing: For all itineraries including the United States / Brazil
To find out more details regarding the pricing for both zonal and piece concept, please expand the below tabs.
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Zonal pricing
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Excess baggage charges are levied based on zonal pricing for the following countries.
Band 1: Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, The Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam
Band 2: Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, India, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Taiwan
Band 3: Australia, Egypt, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates.
Band 4: Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United KingdomFrom / To Band 1 Band 2 Band 3 Band 4 Band 1 USD 8 / kg USD 12 / kg USD 22 / kg USD 50 / kg Band 2 USD 12 / kg USD 15 / kg USD 30 / kg USD 55 / kg Band 3 USD 22 / kg USD 30 / kg USD 40 / kg USD 60 / kg Band 4 USD 50 / kg USD 55 / kg USD 60 / kg USD 60 / kg - The above system applies to all travel itineraries, including interline travel, with Singapore Airlines as the first flight.
- Passengers travelling on the Manchester-Munich route or vice versa will be charged USD20 / kg for excess baggage.
- For itineraries involving the United States / Brazil, excess baggage charges are levied based on a piece concept. For more details, please expand the tab on piece concept.
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Piece pricing - Departing from the United States / Brazil
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If you are departing from the United States / Brazil, excess baggage will be continued to be levied on a per-piece basis. Please see below for excess baggage rates per piece.
via trans-Pacific route from
via trans-Atlantic route from
To
San Francisco, Los Angeles
New York (Newark)
New York (JFK)
Houston, South America
Singapore USD 109
USD 117
USD 149
USD 164
Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam USD 109
USD 117
USD 149
USD 164
The Philippines USD 150
USD 160
USD 149
USD 164
Japan USD 84
USD 94
USD 149
USD 164
Korea, Taiwan USD 110
USD 115
USD 149
USD 164
Hong Kong USD 110
USD 130
USD 149
USD 164
India, Bangladesh, Maldives, Sri Lanka USD 121
USD 129
USD 123
USD 137
Australia, New Zealand USD 121
USD 129
USD 165
USD 180
South Africa USD 121
USD 121
USD 128
USD 143
Middle East USD 121
USD 129
USD 123
USD 138
Belgium USD 121
USD 129
USD 85
USD 100
Germany USD 121
USD 129
USD 88
USD 103
Europe, Africa other than listed USD 121
USD 129
USD 96
USD 111
Asia, Southwest Pacifc other than listed USD 123
USD 129
USD 149
USD 164
- The rate from the table above applies for each occurrence of excess, oversized and/or overweight checked baggage.
- For flights departing from the United States, bags that weigh 23kg and above will be charged three times the rates shown in the table above.
- Any bag that weighs above 32kg requires advance arrangement. It may not be accepted as checked baggage and may have to be sent as cargo. Please contact your local SIA office prior to your travel.
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Piece pricing - Departing from Singapore
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If you are departing from Singapore and travelling to the United States / Brazil, excess baggage rates levied on a per-piece basis will be charged in Singapore dollars. Please see below for excess baggage rates per piece.
To Excess baggage rate per piece
Houston SGD 350
Los Angeles SGD 269
New York (JFK) SGD 300
New York (Newark) SGD 300
San Francisco SGD 269
Sao Paulo (GRU) SGD 350
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