Baggage policy from/to U.S.

Below information is valid for all flights to/from US operated by TK. Code-share fligts are not included.

Cabin Baggage:
Cabin baggage which is up to 8 kg/per pcs is carried without any charge. Passengers can bring 2 pieces in bussiness class and 1 pieces for comfort and economy classes. Max. dimensions for each piece are 23X40X55 cm in all classes.

Free Baggage:
Free baggage allowance is 2 pcs and max dimension of each piece is 158 cm in Business/Comfort and Economy classes. Upper limit of 1 pcs for business baggage is 32 Kg and upper limit of 1 pcs for comfort and economy baggage is 23 Kg. For infants (age between 0-2), free baggage allowance is 1 pcs + 1 pcs of fully collapsible stroller and for each pcs max dimension is 115 cm and max. weights is 23 Kg.

Miles & Smiles Members:
Additional piece of baggage which is not bigger than the length of 110 cm. can be carried on free of charge by Elite Card and Elit Plus Card members.

As an Elite member, you may benefit from the above advantages when you travel on other Star Alliance carriers with your Elite card which is equal to the Star Alliance Gold level.

Excess Baggage:
Dimension of excess baggage is the same as free baggages. Excess baggage charge differs according to the destination. Related charges are:

US: NYC/CHI/WAS/LAX
Piece Zone 1: LOS/ACC/DKR (TK online fights)
Piece Zone 2: Ghana/Nigeria/Senegal (flights starting from TK8000)

If stop-over is not made below fares are taken for each extra pcs.

Between Turkey and US: 150 USD
Between Zone1 to US : 155 USD
Between Zone2 to US : 160 USD
Between Zone3 to US : 165 USD
Between Zone4 to US : 185 USD
Between Zone5 to US : 210 USD
Between Piece Zone1 to US : 250 USD
Between Piece Zone 2 to US : 300 USD
Between Turkey and Piece Zone 2 : 195
Between US and Piece Zone 2 : 300 USD

 

If there is a stopover in Turkey then the below fees are added to the excess baggage fares mentioned above. Based on that for sectors up to Turkey additional unit baggage fee is charged and if there is another check-in at the stopover point in Turkey then to beyond Turkey/from beyond Turkey USD based excess baggage sector fees (add. Fee) as stated below are collected additionaly. If the journey is continued at stopover points in domestic lines within Turkey then excess baggage calculations based on the piece concept will be continued. In that case, for every stopover at each domestic terminal 10 usd will be charged for each excess baggage. Even if the stopover exceeds 24 hours in Istanbul due to system connection additional fees are collected as stated below.

Additional fees are:

Between Turkey and Turkey : 10 USD
Between Zone1 and Turkey : 40 USD
Between Zone2 and Turkey : 45 USD
Between Zone3 and Turkey: 50 USD
Between Zone4 and Turkey: 55 USD
Between Zone5 and Turkey: 65 USD

Between US and Turkey: 130 USD
Between Piece Zone1 and Turkey: 130 USD

 

** For baggage carriages with Piece Concept, passengers traveling at economy class to points where the free baggage limit is 23kg, will be charged 80usd for each piece between 23-32kg.


Zone 1: ATH, ALP, BUH, BUS, KIV, PRN, SJJ, SKG, SKP, SOF, TGD, TIA
Zone 2: AER, ALA, ALY, AMM, ASB,BEG, BEN, BEY, BLQ, BUD,CAI, DAM, DNK, DOK, DYU, IEV, LJU, LWO, MSQ, NAP, ODS, ROM, ROV, SIP, TAS, TBS, TBZ, TLV, TSE, WAW, VCE, VIE, ZAG
Zone 3: ALG, AMS, BAK, BER, BGW, BSL,BSR, CGN, DUS, EBL, FRA, FRU, GOA, GVA, HAJ, HAM, ISU, LYS, MIL, MOW, MRA, MUC, NAJ, NCE, NJF, NUE, OSM, PRG, RIX, STR, TIP,TRN, TUN, ZRH
Zone 4: AGP, AUH, BAH, BCN, BHX, BRU, CPH, DKR*, DMM, DOH, DUB, DXB, GOT, HEL, JED, KRT, KWI, KZN, LED, LON, MAD, MAN, MED, MHD, OSL, PAR, RUH, SAH, STO, SVX, SYZ, THR, TLS, UFA, VLC
Zone 5: ADD, BJS, BKK, BOM, CAN, CAS, CPT, DAC, DAR, DEL, EBB, HKG, ISB, JKT, JNB, KHI, LIS, MCT, NBO, OSA, SEL, SGN, SHA, SIN, TYO