MetEx House, 496a Great West Road, Hounslow, Middlesex, TW5 0TE  ·  Shipping since 1998
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✈ Flybe • Excess Baggage Alternative • UK Door Collection • Since 1998

Flybe Excess Baggage Fees?
Ship your bags instead — usually cheaper

Flybe 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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from £60
Flybe extra bag
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Our price locked first
28yr
Est. 1998
The deal

✈ Flybe routes: UK domestic and short-haul Europe — Edinburgh, Belfast, Amsterdam, Paris • We ship to all of these destinations and 185 countries • Written quotation before collection • 0800 096 38 39

The comparison

What Flybe charges vs. what we charge

Flybe operate smaller regional aircraft with tighter baggage restrictions. Extra bags or oversized items are frequently refused or heavily surcharged. Here is the honest comparison.

Comparison Flybe Excess Luggage Co.
Extra bag costfrom £60 per bagCall 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 arriveBaggage carousel with youCargo warehouse — collect with AWB
Transit timeSame flight4–10 working days by air
Excess Luggage Co. • MetEx House, Hounslow • Next to Heathrow • Est. 1998

“The Flybe 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 Flybe destinations we ship to

Ship luggage to Flybe destinations from the UK

Flybe serve UK domestic and short-haul Europe — Edinburgh, Belfast, Amsterdam, Paris. We ship to all of these and 185 countries.

IrelandNetherlandsFranceGermanyBelgium
FAQs

Flybe excess baggage — your questions answered

How much does Flybe charge for excess baggage?−
Flybe charge from £60 per extra bag depending on route and booking time. Flybe operate smaller regional aircraft with tighter baggage restrictions. Extra bags or oversized items are frequently refused or heavily surcharged. 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 Flybe 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 Flybe?+
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 Flybe can you ship to?+
Flybe serve UK domestic and short-haul Europe — Edinburgh, Belfast, Amsterdam, Paris. We ship to 185 countries — covering every destination Flybe fly to, and many more. Popular routes: Ireland, Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium.
Do you ship the same types of bags that Flybe 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 Flybe • 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.

Cheaper than Flybe excess baggage?

Tell us your route, bag count and collection postcode. We confirm the quote. Usually works out cheaper than paying the airline’s excess baggage charge for two or more bags.

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📋 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.
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