✈ Air India • Excess Baggage Alternative • UK Door Collection • Since 1998

Air India Excess Baggage Fees?
Ship your bags instead — usually cheaper

Air India charge from £60 per extra bag. At the gate, with no room to negotiate. We collect your bags from your UK door and ship them to your destination for a written quote — usually less than the airline charges. You fly light. Your bags meet you there.

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28yr

Est. 1998

The 23kg rule — and the 32kg wall

All carriers require your luggage to be no more than 23kg each. Full stop. It is not a guideline and it is not negotiable at the desk.

If your luggage is over 32kg it must travel as cargo — no airline will load it as a checked bag. Your only option at check-in is to unpack everything in front of strangers and redistribute the weight. It is slow, it holds up the queue, and it is as frustrating as it sounds.

Avoid the embarrassment. Talk to Excess Luggage Co. before you fly — 0800 096 38 39 or get a written quote.

The comparison

What Air India charges vs. what we charge

Air India charge by weight band beyond the free allowance. Extra bags on long-haul India routes are among the most expensive in our customers' experience. Here is the honest comparison.

Comparison	Air India	Excess Luggage Co.
Extra bag cost	from £60 per bag	Call for written quote
Price certainty	✗ Set at check-in gate	✓ Confirmed before collection
Door collection	✗ You bring bags to airport	✓ We collect from your door
Where bags arrive	Baggage carousel with you	Cargo warehouse — collect with AWB
Transit time	Same flight	4–10 working days by air

Excess Luggage Co. • MetEx House, Hounslow • Next to Heathrow • Est. 1998

“The Air India question comes up every week. Someone has been told their bags are overweight or they have an extra bag and the airline wants from £60. At check-in. Non-negotiable.

We have been doing this since 1998 — over 200,000 bags shipped from MetEx House, Hounslow, two miles from Heathrow. The maths for most customers is straightforward: call us, get the written quote for your route, compare it to what the airline is asking. For two or more bags, we are usually cheaper. For one bag, it depends on the route and weight.”

Popular Air India destinations we ship to

Ship luggage to Air India destinations from the UK

Air India serve India routes — Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kolkata. We ship to all of these and 185 countries.

India Sri Lanka Bangladesh Pakistan Nepal

FAQs

Air India excess baggage — your questions answered

How much does Air India charge for excess baggage?−

Air India charge from £60 per extra bag depending on route and booking time. Air India charge by weight band beyond the free allowance. Extra bags on long-haul India routes are among the most expensive in our customers' experience. Our customers consistently find that for two or more bags, shipping with Excess Luggage Co. is cheaper.

Can I ship luggage separately instead of paying Air India excess fees?+

Yes — this is exactly what we do. Your bags travel as air freight independently. We collect from your UK door, ship to your destination, and you collect from the cargo warehouse. You fly unencumbered. Written quotation before we collect.

How long does it take compared to flying with Air India?+

Your bags typically arrive 4–10 working days after collection, depending on destination. This means shipping 1–2 weeks before your travel date. Many customers ship ahead and have their bags waiting when they land.

What destinations served by Air India can you ship to?+

Air India serve India routes — Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kolkata. We ship to 185 countries — covering every destination Air India fly to, and many more. Popular routes: India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal.

Do you ship the same types of bags that Air India would carry?+

Yes — suitcases, holdalls, sports bags, golf clubs, ski equipment, cardboard boxes. No lithium batteries in a standard shipment. Batteries can be packed and exported as declared dangerous goods — ask us before you pack. Undeclared dangerous goods are a criminal offence and the duty sits with the sender, so tell us what is in the shipment. No aerosols or perfumes. Sender and receiver must be the same person for personal effects classification.

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Excess Luggage Co.

Excess baggage alternative to Air India • MetEx House, Hounslow • Since 1998

Excess Luggage Co. was founded in 1998 and has been offering a cheaper alternative to airline excess baggage fees ever since. We are based at MetEx House, Hounslow — two miles from Heathrow. Call us on 0800 096 38 39 with your route and bag count. We will tell you if we are cheaper before you commit to anything.

📋 Collection & Booking Rules

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Collection hours: Within M25: Mon–Fri 09:30–16:00 • Outside M25: Mon–Fri 10:00–17:00. Weekend collections applicable within Greater London only, subject to availability and surcharge. No weekend collections outside Greater London.

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Collection fee: All luggage, baggage and boxes collected for shipping or storage are subject to a collection fee of £27.50 + VAT per 25 kg item (UK mainland), or £75.00 + VAT per item (Scottish Highlands and Northern Ireland). Additional weight is charged at £1.50 + VAT per kilo thereafter, plus any surcharge for overweight items.

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Heavy-weight handling charge: Any single item of luggage, baggage, bags or boxes of 30 kilos physical weight, or exceeding 200 centimetres in combined dimensions (L + W + H), is liable to a heavy-weight handling charge of £30.00 per item.

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Barrels & oversized items: Barrel shipments — commonly used for Caribbean and West African routes — are subject to a handling surcharge. Please advise at enquiry stage if shipping barrels so we can confirm the correct charge before booking.

Air India Excess Baggage Fees?Ship your bags instead — usually cheaper

The 23kg rule — and the 32kg wall

What Air India charges vs. what we charge

Ship luggage to Air India destinations from the UK

Air India excess baggage — your questions answered

Cheaper than airline fees excess baggage?

Air India Excess Baggage Fees?
Ship your bags instead — usually cheaper