Baggage Allowances on Flights

Regardless of where you're going, you’ll want to make sure what you’re bringing isn’t more than what’s allowed. Here are the rules.

Important notice: Our SkyTeam and codeshare partners may have different guidelines and additional restrictions may apply on certain flights.

Carry-on Baggage

Advisory: The Department of Homeland Security has implemented new security measures with additional restrictions to carry-on baggage. See Flight Status & Updates for details.

You can carry on one bag plus one personal item per passenger as long as it:

• Weighs less than 40 pounds (18 kg).
• Does not exceed 45 inches when you total length plus width plus height.
• Fits easily into our SizeWise® unit (approximately 22"x14"x9").
• Fits in an overhead bin or underneath the seat in front of you.

Here are some examples of personal items:

• Male or female purse
• Briefcase
• Laptop computer (All laptop/computers must be carried aboard and cannot be checked.)
• Camera case
• Diaper bag
• Items of a similar or smaller size to those listed above, such as Portable Electronic Devices.

These additional items are okay to carry on and don't count towards your allowance:

• Food items for immediate consumption
• Assistive devices such as wheelchairs or crutches, provided passenger is dependent on them
• One box or bag of duty free merchandise
• A coat or jacket
• An umbrella
• One item of reading material

There may be more limits to carry-on baggage based on available space and additional restrictions on certain flights.

Checked Baggage

You can check two bags per passenger free of charge.

Each bag must:

• Weigh 50 pounds (22.5 kg) or less.
• Not exceed 62 inches when you total length plus width plus height.

Exceptions:

• Passengers traveling to or from Key West, Florida are limited to one checked bag.
• The free weight allowance is 70 pounds (32 kg) for tickets purchased in Brazil.

With the exception of original factory-sealed boxes that will be accepted on a standby basis, we do not accept boxes as checked baggage to Central or South America (except Brazil, Mexico, and Chile) at any time of the year.

If you have a bag that exceeds these allowances, see Excess Baggage.

Some packages, sporting goods, musical instruments, and fragile or bulky items may require special handling.

General Conditions of Acceptance

Delta will accept your baggage for transportation, subject to the following conditions:

• All baggage is subject to search.
• We reserve the right to refuse baggage whose size, weight, character, or condition is unsuitable for transportation on the particular aircraft which is to transport it or which cannot be accommodated without harming or annoying passengers.
• Baggage check-in requirements, which vary by airport, must be met. Please review Airport Check-in Requirements for details.
• Baggage must be checked in at a Delta designated city or airport office.
• Your name must be on your luggage.
• Baggage will not be checked to a destination that is not on a passenger's itinerary.

For complete Checked and Carry-On Baggage rules, see Delta's Contract of Carriage.

Excess Baggage

Is that bag hard to handle? Know what to expect if your bags don't fit within our free baggage allowance.

Fees

You'll be charged an excess baggage fee each time you go over any one of the free allowances. For example, if you have an extra piece of baggage that goes over the weight limit and the size limit, then you'll be charged 3 times—once for the extra bag, once for going over the size limit, and once for going over the weight limit.

Fees are for each additional bag, each way.

The fees listed below apply to all areas of travel, however some areas may have additional restrictions.

Restrictions

General Restrictions

• We may limit the amount of excess baggage when such excess prevents us from carrying each traveler's free baggage allowance.
• Delta Connection® carriers (except American Eagle®) accept excess baggage on a space-available basis. If the baggage cannot be carried on the same flight with you, it will be taken on the next available flight.
• A $50.00 charge per item applies to media representatives carrying camera, film, video tape, lighting, or sound equipment.
• Excess baggage is accepted on a standby basis.

Area Restrictions

• Only factory-sealed boxes will be accepted to Latin American destinations (excluding Brazil, Chile, and Mexico) at any time during the year. Exceptions are utility and golf boxes purchased from Delta.
• Customers traveling to Santo Domingo (SDQ) or Santiago (STI) in the Dominican Republic may not bring more than two checked bags. Also, bags over 70 pounds or exceeding 62 inches (total of length plus width plus height) will not be accepted.

Excess baggage is not allowed on flights:

• To or from Mexico via the Delta Connection.
• To Guadalajara, Guatemala City, Mexico City, Panama City, San Salvador, and San Jose between November 15 and January 15.
• To San Salvador from July 15 to August 15.

Only two excess bags are allowed on flights:

• To Bogota and Lima.
• To Guatemala City from January 16 through November 14.
• To San Salvador from January 16 through July 14 and from August 16 to November 14.