Turkish Airlines works on a weight system for certain international destinations and a piece system for others, so check out the list of destinations below before traveling so you know what you’re eligible for.
Journeys to and from the U.S. work on the piece system and the checked allowance is 2 bags across economy and business classes with a generous 70 pounds (32 kg) for the latter.
If you join Turkish Airlines’ frequent flyer program, Miles&Smiles, you’ll be permitted to take an additional piece of checked luggage once you hit Elite or Elite Plus status.
Turkish Airlines Carry-On Allowance
1 personal item: FREE
1 standard carry-on bag: FREE
Size and Weight Restrictions
- Personal: Undisclosed
- Standard: 21.6 x 15.7 x 9 inches (55 x 40 x 23 cm). The maximum weight for each item is 17.6 pounds (8 kg).
Lap Infant Carry-On Policy
- Infants are permitted 1 piece of carry-on not exceeding 17.6 pounds (8 kg).
- Strollers are not permitted in the cabin.
Stroller Gate Check Policy
- A collapsible stroller can be transported free of charge as checked luggage either at the check-in desk or at the gate.
Turkish Airlines Checked Baggage Allowance
Turkish Airlines no longer presents their baggage allowances or fees in table format and passengers are required to use the airline’s baggage calculator to check the allowance for a specific journey. Running some searches, we found the consistent fees below, but be sure to use the calculator for your journey.
Domestic Journeys
- Business Class: 66 pounds (30 kg)
- Economy Class:
- EcoFly: 33 pounds (15 kg)
- ExtraFly: 44 pounds (20 kg)
- PrimeFly: 55 pounds (25 kg)
International Journeys That Work on a Piece Allowance
This is applicable for flights to and from Angola, Argentina, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, Chad, Colombia, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Japan, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Niger, Nigeria, Panama, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South America, Sudan, U.S., and Venezuela.
Adult and child passengers are allowed to bring a maximum of 2 bags as free checked luggage with a maximum linear size of 62 inches (158 cm).
- Business Class: 70 pounds (32 kg)
- Economy Class: 50 pounds (23 kg)
- Infant passenger: 1 bag (50 pounds/23 kg) with a max linear size of 45 inches (115 cm) and 1 stroller or push chair
All Other International Journeys Work on a Weight Allowance (No Restrictions on Number of Pieces)
- Business Class: 88 pounds (40 kg)
- Economy Class: 66 pounds (30 kg)
Additional/Excess Baggage Fees
Domestic Journeys
- $5.50 (80 TRY) per 5 kilograms
International Journeys for Weight System (Charged per 5 Kilos)
Departure – Destination | Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 3 | Region 4 | Region 5 |
Turkey | $30 | $40 | $40 | $70 | $95 |
Region 1 | $45 | $70 | $70 | $85 | $115 |
Region 2 | $70 | $70 | $80 | $90 | $125 |
Region 3 | $70 | $80 | $90 | $105 | $135 |
Region 4 | $85 | $90 | $105 | $125 | $150 |
Region 5 | $115 | $125 | $135 | $150 | $180 |
Prices have been converted from EUR, so the exchange may vary.
Weight System Region Definitions
- Region 1: Aleppo, Athens, Batumi, Bucharest, Chisinau, Constanta, Donetsk, Ganja, Nakhichevan, Odessa, Pristina, Sarajevo, Simferopol, Skopje, Sofia, Thessaloniki, Tirana, Varna
- Region 2: Alexandria, Almaty, Amman, Aqaba, Ashgabat, Astana, Astrakhan, Bari, Beirut, Belgrade, Bishkek, Bologna, Budapest, Cairo, Catania, Damascus, Dnipropetrovsk, Dushanbe, Graz, Hurghada, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kabul, Kharkiv, Kherson, Khujand, Kiev, Kosice, Ljubljana, Luxor, Lviv, Malta, Mazar-i-Sharif, Minsk, Naples, Osh, Pisa, Podgorica, Rome, Rostov-on-Don, Salzburg, Samarkand, Sharm El Sheikh, Sochi, Stavropol, Tabriz, Tashkent, Tbilisi, Tel Aviv, Venice, Vienna, Warsaw, Zagreb, Zaporizhia, Krasnodar
- Region 3: Algeria, Amsterdam, Baghdad, Baku, Basel, Basara, Batna, Benghazi, Berlin, Bremen, Brussels, Cologne, Constantine, Düsseldorf, Erbil, Frankfurt, Friedrichshafen, Geneva, Genoa, Hamburg, Hannover, Karlsruhe, Leipzig, Luxembourg, Lyon, Marseille, Milan, Misurata, Moscow, Mosul, Munich, Munster, Najaf, Nice, Nuremburg, Oran, Prague, Riga, Rotterdam, Sebha, Stuttgart, Suleymaniyah, Tallinn, Tlemcen, Tripoli, Tripoli, Turin, Ulan Bator, Vilnius, Zurich
- Region 4: Aalborg, Abu Dhabi, Aden, Ahvaz, Al Qassim, Bahrain, Barcelona, Bilbao, Billund, Birmingham, Bordeaux, Copenhagen, Dammam, Doha, Dubai, Dublin, Edinburgh, Gothenburg, Helsinki, Isfahan, Jeddah, Kazan, Kermanshah, Kuwait, London, Madrid, Malaga, Manchester, Mashhad, Medina, Novosibirsk, Oslo, Paris, Riyadh, Rovaniemi, Sana’a, Santiago de Compostela, Shiraz, Sharjah, St Petersburg, Stockholm, Taif, Tehran, Toulouse, Ufa, Valencia, Voronezh, Yanbu, Yekaterinburg
- Region 5: Addis Ababa, Bangkok, Denpasar-Bali, Beijing, Cape Town, Casablanca, Colombo, Dar es Salaam, Dhaka, Djibouti, Durban, Entebbe, Guangzhou, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Islamabad, Jakarta, Johannesburg, Karachi, Kathmandu, Kigali, Kilimanjaro, Kuala Lumpur, Lahore, Lisbon, Male, Manila, Maputo, Marrakesh, Mogadishu, Mombasa, Mumbai, Muscat, Nairobi, New Delhi, Phuket, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Taipei, Zanzibar, Lusaka
International Journeys for Piece System (Charged per Bag)
Departure – Destination | Piece Region (Extra Piece) |
Turkey | $165 |
Region 1 | $190 |
Region 2 | $195 |
Region 3 | $200 |
Region 4 | $220 |
Region 5 | $250 |
Piece region | $290 |
Piece System Region Definitions
Piece Region 1: Abidjan, Abuja, Accra, Antananarivo, Asmara, Atlanta, Bamako, Banjul, Boston, Bogota, Buenos Aires, Cancun, Caracas, Chicago, Conakry, Cotonou, Dakar, Douala, Freetown, Havana, Houston, Kano, Khartum, Kinshasa, Lagos, Libreville, Los Angeles, Luanda, Mahe Island, Mauritius, Mexico City, Miami, Moroni, Montreal, New York, Novakchott, Niamey, Osaka, Ouagadougou, Panama, Pointe Noir, Port Harcourt, Port Sudan, San Francisco, Sao Paulo, Toronto, Tokyo, Washington, Yaounde
Can I Prepay for Baggage?
Turkish Airlines does allow passengers the ability to pre-pay for excess baggage. This can be done by logging in to your booking on the Turkish Airlines website or the app.
Exclusions and Waivers
Frequent Flyers
Miles&Smiles members:
- Classic Plus: extra 22 pounds (10 kg)
- Elite Extra: extra 44 pounds (20 kg) or 1 extra piece (for piece concept routes)
- Elite Plus: extra 55 pounds (25 kg) or 1 extra piece (for piece concept routes)
Excess Baggage
For flights to the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, excess baggage charges per kilo are:
- Students: $0.35 (5 TRY)
- Military personnel part of the Turkish Peacekeeping Forces: $0.70 (10 TRY)
To benefit from these discounts, baggage must be purchased at a Turkish Airlines sales office.
To see more airline baggage fees and policies, click here.