Check in baggage allowance for the hold

Baggage allowance

Children's baggage allowance

For children and seated infants, the baggage allowances above will apply. For lap infants (this is what we call children that don't need their own seat), the baggage allowance is 1 x 23kg (50lb) bag in any cabin apart from Economy Light, where there is no baggage included.

When travelling with infants or children you can bring a fully collapsible pushchair (which we can take from you at the gate and pop in the hold) and car seat, in addition to the free check in allowance. If you are travelling to London Heathrow, please be advised that pushchairs (with the exception of special assistance pushchairs) won’t be delivered to the aircraft door when you arrive and will be available to collect from baggage reclaim.

Children's hand baggage

Baggage allowance exceptions

Extra baggage allowance for Flying Club and SkyTeam members

If you've reached Flying Club Gold or Silver or you are a SkyTeam Elite or Elite Plus member, you can check in an extra piece of baggage on all Virgin Atlantic operated flights for no extra charge (weighing up to 23kg). It doesn’t matter which cabin you’re flying in. Find out more about Flying Club benefits.

Flying Club Gold and Silver members can check in one extra piece of baggage for no extra charge (weighing up to 23kg)* when flying with SkyTeam partner airlines

*If the partner airline goes by weight instead of number of bags, the baggage allowance is:

• Flying Club Gold: extra 20kg

• Flying Club Silver: extra 10kg

Check the website of the partner airline you are travelling with for details of their baggage allowance

Extra baggage allowance on selected routes

To/from India

2 x bags (maximum 32kg each) in Upper Class

2 x bags (maximum 23kg each) in Premium, Economy Classic or Economy Delight

^{Note: 2 x bags in Economy Classic or Delight only applies when flying UK/USA to India or India to UK/USA}

To/from Nigeria

2 x bags (maximum 32kg each) in Upper Class

2 x bags (maximum 23kg each) in Premium, Economy Classic or Economy Delight

_{Note: 1 x bag in Economy light for US- Nigeria}

To/from South Africa

2 x bags (maximum 32kg each) in Upper Class

2 x bags (maximum 23kg each) in Premium

1 x bag (maximum 23kg each) in Economy Classic or Economy Delight

_{Note: 1 x bag in Economy light and 2 x Bags Economy Delight and Economy Classic from US-South Africa}

To/from Pakistan

2 x bags (maximum 32kg each) in Upper Class

2 x bags (maximum 23kg each) in Premium, Economy Classic or Economy Delight

^{Note: 2 x bags in Economy Classic or Delight only applies when flying UK/USA to Pakistan or Pakistan to UK/USA.}

Special baggage

Musical instruments

Some instruments might be small enough to fit into your hand baggage. To find out the sizes of bags you can take into the cabin, take a look at our Hand baggage allowance page.

If it's too big to take as hand baggage, you can take it as part of your checked bag allowance, or pay an additional baggage fee. More on taking musical instruments

Sports equipment

If you have a piece of sports equipment that you'd like to take, such as skis, you'll be able to take it in place of one of your included bags as long as it weighs 23kg (50lb) or less. Take a look at our Sports equipment page for more information on the dimensions allowed for each sports item.

Extra baggage

Taking extra bags

You can check in extra baggage beyond the limits outlined here, but you’ll need to arrange this before you fly and pay an extra baggage fee. You’ll find all the details on our Additional baggage page.

Taking oversized bags

If your bags are bigger than the standard 90 x 75 x 43cm (35.5 x 29.5 x 16ins), find out more on our Oversized baggage page.

Baggage on partner airlines and connecting flights

If your flight is to or from the USA and operated by one of our codeshare partner airlines (like Delta) and the ticketed flight number starts with “VS”, then the Virgin Atlantic baggage allowance will apply. If your ticketed flight number is not “VS” then our partner airlines' baggage allowance may apply.

If your flight is not to or from the USA and you are travelling with one of our codeshare partner airlines, their baggage allowance may apply. Please take a moment to check their baggage allowances:
 

• AeroMexico for flight numbers starting AM

• Air France for flight numbers starting AF

• Air New Zealand for flight numbers starting NZ 

• Delta Air Lines for flight numbers starting DL 

• KLM for flight numbers starting KL

• Singapore Airlines for flight numbers starting SQ 

• WestJet for flight numbers starting WS.

SkyTeam Baggage Allowance

Flying Club Gold and Silver members can check in one extra piece of baggage for no extra charge (weighing up to 23kg)* when flying with SkyTeam partner airlines

*If the partner airline goes by weight instead of number of bags, the baggage allowance is:
 

• Flying Club Gold: extra 20kg
• Flying Club Silver: extra 10kg

Check the website of the partner airline you are travelling with for details of their baggage allowance