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Baggage check-in procedures and tips Baggage transfer procedures
Excess baggage fees    

Baggage Check-in Procedures and tips
There may be a difference between the weight which you check at home and that checked by staff at the airport because the size of scales used at home tends to be relatively small.
If the weight of a single bag exceeds 32kg/70lbs, you are not allowed to check in your baggage regardless of excess baggage fee payment; therefore, on such occasions, you should lighten the load or pack your bag again.
You should check whether you carry objects that are not allowed on board, such as scissors for cosmetic purposes and nail clippers.
On completion of check-in procedures, you are supposed to wait about 5 minutes until it is scanned through X-ray examination; if there is no problem, you may move to the departure hall.
For your own safety, you should not carry a stranger’s bag.
It is highly recommended to keep your baggage tag in order to claim your baggage at the arrival airport without difficulties.

Baggage Transfer Procedures
From an international flight to another international flight
  (e.g. Incheon-Tokyo-Los Angeles)
  When you use our international flight and subsequently another international flight of a different air service company to get to the final destination country, your baggage is usually automatically transferred to your next flight regardless of air service companies. On such occasions, you do not need to claim your baggage at the transfer location. All you need to do is to ensure that your baggage was checked in at the check-in counter of your departing airport.
From an international flight to a domestic flight
  Domestic flights in Europe (e.g. Incheon-Frankfurt-Hamburg):  Your baggage is automatically connected to your final destination.
  Domestic flights in Korea (e.g. Los Angeles-Incheon-Busan): If you come to Korea and transfer to a Korean domestic flight, you should claim your baggage and check it in again. Your baggage is not automatically connected to your final destination.
  Domestic flights in most countries including Australia, Japan, Russia, China, and India (e.g. Incheon-Tokyo-Fukuoka): Your baggage is not connected to your final destination.
  Domestic flights in USA and Canada (e.g. Incheon-LA-Phoenix): If you come to USA/Canada from another country and transfer to a domestic flight, you should claim your baggage at your first stopover. However, in USA/Canada, a baggage tag displays your final destination as well; therefore, you may just move your baggage to a nearby conveyor belt allocated to transferring customers, after custom inspection, and go to the counter of the domestic air service company for check-in procedures (seat assignment).

Excess Baggage Fee
When free baggage allowance is exceeded, the following charges apply at the rates below. Please note that the excess baggage charge will change after November 1, 2011 (date of issuance).
[Tickets issued before October 31, 2011]
Routes Charge
Korea domestic flights 3% of adult one-way economy class fare per kg
Americas
First class/Prestige class: Each extra piece in excess of free baggage allowance under 32kg will be charged an applicable baggage fee.
Economy class
  1) Excess baggage fee will be charged as below if baggage is over 23kg/50lbs and under 32kg/70lbs even if the number of pieces of your baggage is 2 or less:
  - From Korea: KRW 50,000
- From USA: USD 50
- From Canada: CAD 60
  2) Excess baggage fee will be charged for baggage that is in excess of the free baggage allowance number and under 32kg/70lbs.

Excess Baggage Charge table for the routes to/from the U.S.

* Exception: In the cases of flights to/from Brazil, excess baggage fee will be charged for baggage over 32kg/70lbs. The sum of the length, height, and width of each bag does must not exceed 158cm/62ins, and the sum of two dimensions of each bag must be under 273cm/107ins.
Outside Americas
1.5% of adult one-way normal IATA Published fare from origin to destination per 1kg/2lbs.
(For detailed infomation of IATA Published fare, please contact Korean Air Service Center.)

*IATA Published fare is?
The announced fare publicly by IATA(International Air Transport Association)
- Americas Routes: To/from/via USA, US territories, Canada, Caribbean, Central America, South America(via Pacific)
- Outside Americas : For travels to/from to Asia, Oceania and Europe
[Tickets issued after November 1, 2011]
America (per PC)
Additional Baggage
Routes Charge
Asia - America,Europe/Middle East/Africa– America/Micronesia (including Guam) KRW 200,000 / USD200 / CAD200
※ from/to Brazil : KRW175,000 / USD175 / CAD175
Asia - Micronesia (including Guam) KRW100,000 / USD100 / CAD100
within America KRW75,000 / USD75 / CAD75
Overweight Baggage
Routes Fees
over 23 kg/50 lbs,
not exceeding
32 kg/70 lbs		 over 32 kg/70 lbs,
not exceeding
45 kg/100 lbs
Asia - America,
Europe/Middle East/Africa
– America/Micronesia (including Guam)		 KRW100,000/
USD100/CAD100		 KRW200,000/USD200
/CAD200
※ from/to Brazil : KRW175,000 / USD175
/ CAD 175
Asia - Micronesia (including Guam) KRW50,000/USD50
/CAD50		 KRW100,000/USD100
/CAD100
within America KRW50,000/USD50
/CAD50 		KRW75,000/USD75
/CAD75
Oversized Baggage
Routes Fees (over 158 cm/62 in,
not exceeding 203 cm/80 in)
Asia - America,
Europe/Middle East/Africa
– America/Micronesia (including Guam)		 KRW 200,000 / USD200 / CAD 200
※ from/to Brazil : KRW175,000 /
USD175 / CAD 175
Asia - Micronesia (including Guam) KRW100,000/USD100/CAD100
within America KRW75,000/USD75/CAD75
NOTES
※ Excess, oversized and overweight baggage charges are levied on each piece of baggage.
Non-America (including domestic flights) (per kg)
  To Zone1 To Zone2 To Zone3
From Zone1 KRW 7,000
/USD 7		 KRW15,000
/USD15		 KRW20,000
/USD20
From Zone2 KRW15,000
/USD15		 KRW30,000
/USD30		 KRW35,000
/USD35
From Zone3 KRW20,000
/USD20		 KRW35,000
/USD35		 KRW40,000
/USD40
NOTES
Zone1: South Korea, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan
Zone2 :Asia (excluding South Korea, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Oceania)
e.g.) India, Nepal, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Philippines, Russia (east of the Urals -
Vladivostok or Irkutsk), Singapore, Thailand, Uzbekistan, Vietnam
Zone 3: Europe/Africa/Middle East/Oceania
e.g.) Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Austria, Czech, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Russia (west of the Urals - e.g., Moscow), Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, England, Egypt, Israel, United Arab Emirates
Domestic (per kg)
To Domestic
From Domestic KRW 2,000/USD 2
NOTES
※ The above fees are charged in KRW, USD, or CAD for flights from South Korea, U.S., or Canada respectively. For flights from other countries, the fees are converted from USD to local currency based on the bank selling rate of the date.