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Can I pre-purchase more luggage allowance on Qatar Airways flights?

I am traveling with Qatar Airways from Stockholm, Sweden (ARN) to Bangkok, Thailand (BKK) and I will be carrying one additional bag beyond the carry-on and standard check-in bag.

Am I able to pre-purchase allowance for this additional bag or is it always counted as excess luggage according to the fee list on their website?

And if so are there different rules for different routes (i.e transatlantic fares or such)?

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So apparently Qatar Airways has multiple baggage rules. Some routes (to/from US, Canada, Brazil, Argentina) have rules based both on number of pieces and weight, as most other airlines (as far as I know).

In your case (travel between Europe and Asia via Doha), the baggage allowance is only based on the weight you carry. You are allowed 23 kg as checked-in bags, and as carry-on, One piece, not to exceed 7 kg and 50 x 37 x 25 cm. There are still usual rules for the maximum weight of a piece of luggage: 32 kg.

To answer your first question, no you can't pre-purchase baggage allowance: Excess baggage will be charged at the airport.. The online check-in procedure seems indeed not to offer purchasing baggage allowance.

To summarize, you can bring any number of bags to check-in and you will pay 13 USD per extra kg of baggage.

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Does this mean I could bring two checked in bags at 10kg each and neither will cost extra as it total less than 23kg? – Alendri Oct 16 '12 at 15:01
yes, apparently – Vince Oct 16 '12 at 15:11
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Thanks for the research effort and confirmation of (some of) my suspicions Vince. – Alendri Oct 16 '12 at 15:30
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Yes on Qatar Airways you can pre-purchase luggage and in fact if you do it online Qatar offer you a discount from doing it over the phone or at the airport.

For their list of rates check out this page on the Qatar website - http://www.qatarairways.com/global/en/excess-baggage-rates.page

If going from Europe to the Far East then it is $13 per kg if paid online or $17 per kg if paid at the airport.

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I was not charged 17 USD when I paid at the airport. It was still the 13 USD per kg. I was not able to pay online in any way I could find out. For future travelers can you explain how one would go about using the website to pre-purchase luggage? – Alendri Oct 23 '12 at 2:23
Alendri, having personally not done this I am unable to explain in detail how you would go about this. However, from the Qatar Airways website it would appear it is within the Manage My Booking area. There are some restrictions including that it must be done no later than 96 hours prior to departure. When did you attempt to do it? – Euan Oct 23 '12 at 15:20

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