What is the baggage limit?

What is the weight limit for baggage to the usa?

• I'm going to america and was wondering how much baggage I'm allowed to take with me?

• Answer:

  Weight limitations vary from airline to airline so it depends on which carrier you are travelling with. The total number of checked bags can also vary and can even change from flight to flight. These days most, if not all, airlines charge for the first checked bag and these charges increase with the number of checked bags. The first bag may, or may not, cost more than the second and so on up to the limit the airline allows. For example Alaska Airlines specifies that checked luggage cannot weigh more than 50lbs per piece and fall within certain size restrictions. The costs start at $20 per bag then go to $50 per bag for the 4th checked bag and any above that. However Alaska, like all other airlines, can limit the number of bags per flight. On Alaska people belonging to certain flight clubs and at certain levels, first or business class passengers, and certain others have different rules (i.e. US military personnel) that affect the cost of checked luggage. Carry on bags seem for most airlines to be more restricted in size rather that weight however it must easily fit under the seat in front of you or be easily placed in the overhead bins. A bag that fits the size requirements can be rejected as carry on if it is deemed unusually heavy. There are a couple of airlines that do charge for carry on luggage however the majority do not. They also all have more or less the same rules although the size may vary between various airlines.