Special baggage

Want to travel with your guitar or golfing equipment, or need to take a bulky item? When you fly with us, you can take everything you need.

Book your sports equipment (bike, golf clubs, diving gear, etc.), musical instrument online and find out how you can take your wheelchair, the requirements for travelling with firearms or luggage that exceeds the conventional dimensions or weight.

Acceptance of the odd-shaped luggage will be subject to validation at the airport check-in counter and, if accepted, a specific supplementary charge will be applied.

Add and pay for the service when you book your ticket through Manage your bookingor when you check in online.

Prices for the carriage of special baggage

Please check the price chart to find out the fees for taking special luggage on short, medium and long-haul flights.

Remember, sporting equipment that is accepted free of charge on long-haul flights is treated as an item of checked baggage. This means that if you exceed the number of items included in your checked baggage allowance, it will be treated as additional baggage.
If you are going to add special baggage at iberia.com or the Iberia App, the price will vary depending on when you add it: you can get the lowest price while you are booking your ticket, and the highest price during the check-in process. In all cases, for all services the online prices will always be lower than the airport prices.
Payment for firearms and excess weight can only be processed at the airport.

Price chart for special baggage
	Short-haul flights	Medium-haul flights	Long-haul flights
Golf, ski equipment (snow and water), Scuba diving, Fishing rods.	Online: from €30/$35/£25 to €40/$46/£33 Airport: from €60/$75/£55 to €66/$83/£61	Online: from €35/$40/£32 to €46/$53/£42 Airport: from €70/$85/£65 to €77/$94/£72	Online: from €100/$110/£85 to €132/$145/£112 Airport: from €130/$155/£115 to €143/$171/£127
Bicycles	Online: from €35/$40/£32 to €46/$53/£42 Airport: from €65/$80/£60 to €72/$88/£66	Online: from €45/$50/£40 to €59/$66/£53 Airport: from €75/$90/£70 to €83/$99/£77	Online: from €120/$130/£105 to €158/$172/£139 Airport: from €150/$180/£130 to €165/$198/£143
Surfing, Kiteboard, Waveboard.	Online: from €40/$50/£32 to €53/$66/£50 Airport: €70/$85/£65 to €77/$94/£72	Online: from €55/$60/£45 to €73/$79/£64 Airport: from €80/$95/£75 to €88/$105/£83	Online: from €130/$140/£110 to €172/$184/£145 Airport: from €170/$200/£150 to €187/$220/£165
Skates, skateboards, Scooter, Bowling, Bodyboard, Windsurf, Hang Glider, Parachute, Paraglider, Racquets, Hockey, Javelin, Archery.	Online: N/A Airport: from €60/$75/£55 to €66/$83/£61		Online: N/A Airport: from €130/$140/£110 to €143/$154/£121
Musical instruments and bulky and/or heavy equipment	Online: N/A Airport: from €150/$180/£135 to €165/$198/£149		Online: N/A Airport: from €300/$360/£270 to €330/$396/£297
Firearms	Airport: €75/$90/£72 to €83/$99/£79	Airport: from €85/$102/£77 to €94/$112/£84	Airport: from €95/$114/£86 to €105/$125/£94

If you are flying with an airline other than the Iberia Group (Iberia, Iberia Express or Air Nostrum), please check their carriage conditions and baggage allowances. On flights operated by Air Nostrum, you can only add special baggage at the airport due to space limitations in the hold. On flights operated by Vueling and on connecting Iberia flights operated by Vueling the fee is €45 per flight.

Sports teams

Make sure you meet the transport and packing requirements for sports equipment so you can check it in without any problems. The permitted weight is 23 kg. If it exceeds this, you must pay an excess baggage charge up to a maximum of 32 kg.
Click on each symbol to get the corresponding information.

Ski equipment for snow and water, or a snowboard or monoski:

Snow: a pair of skis or a monoski board, a helmet and a pair of poles and boots. You can take it in two bags.

Water: one bag with a pair of standard water skis or a slalom water ski.

Check the tabla de precios for transport.

Golf equipment

One bag with 14 clubs, 12 balls and a pair of shoes.

Golf clubs must be securely fastened inside the bag so that they do not cause inconvenience or damage during embarkation, transport and disembarkation.

Check the tabla de precios for transport.

Skates, skateboard or scooter

One bag with a pair of skates or a skateboard or scooter, a set of protectors (elbow pads, knee pads, etc.) and a helmet.

You can take them as long as they are not motorised. Recreational devices such as hover boards, air wheels and mini-segways are not allowed on the aircraft.

Check the tabla de precios for transport.

Other sports equipment

Bowls: a bowling bag and a pair of shoes.

Tennis / squash / badminton: a set of rackets and balls transported in a bag.

Hockey: a hockey bag, hockey sticks, a pair of ice skates, a set of protectors (elbow pads, knee pads, etc.), a helmet.

Javelin throwing: a set of javelins transported in a container.

Archery: a set of bow and arrows transported in a container.

Check the tabla de precios for transport.

Air activities

Hang gliding: one container and a maximum length of 3.5 m.

Parachuting/Paragliding: in a single container. Motorised paragliders are not accepted.

Check the tabla de precios for transport.

Bicycles

They must be single-seat and without a motor. Transport of electric bicycles or e-bikes is not allowed.
They must be checked in folded, with the handlebars secured to their sides, the pedals removed and the wheels deflated and properly packed.
Iberia offers packaging* measuring 131+72+21 cm, priced at 20 EUR per unit, which is provided on the passenger's request or at the request of staff in the event of irregularities.

Check the tabla de precios for transport.

*Airports where these boxes are available subject to stock: A Coruña, Barcelona, Florence, Jerez, Madrid, Milan (Linate and Malpensa), Montevideo, Rome, Santander, Sao Paulo, Venice and Vigo.

Surf, windsurf, kite board and body board equipment

A board and/or a parachute with some exceptions regarding standard dimensions.

Surf/Kite board/Wave board: a kite and/or a board not exceeding 3.5 m in length.

Bodyboard/Boogie board: a board measuring a maximum of 100x50x20 cm.

Windsurf: board, boom, fin, mast and sail all wrapped together.

Only one set is accepted per passenger and transport will be subject to space availability on the flight.
You must arrive at the airport with enough time to check in, take the equipment to the aircraft and load it into the hold.

Check the tabla de precios for transport.

Taking into account their characteristics, which normally prevent transport on baggage belts, it is up to the airline staff to decide whether to use a system that makes it easier to carry this baggage from the check-in area to the aircraft. Any costs arising from this will be at your expense.

On flights operated by Iberia Regional Air Nostrum, its specific regulations will apply.

More water sports equipment

Scuba diving, fishing, inflatable dinghy, life jacket/sail...

Scuba diving: one container/bag, with a mask, two fins, a regulator set, buoyancy compensator, snorkel, weight belt and an empty bottle, for safety.

Fishing: a maximum of 2 containers, one with no more than two rods and another with boots and fishing tackle.

Inflatable dinghy: transport bag with a rubber dinghy (without motor), a pair of oars.

Life jacket/sail: an inflatable vest + a 60-gram CO2 bottle.

Check the tabla de precios for transport.

Musical instruments

Depending on the dimensions, you can either take your instrument on board or check it in to the hold.

As hand luggage:
If your instrument does not exceed 30x120x42 cm (i.e. the size of a standard guitar), you can take it on board as your cabin baggage allowance with your personal accessory.*

On an extra seat:
If you want to purchase an extra seat for your musical instrument, please contact our Booking Centre to find out the maximum dimensions allowed for your particular flight and to confirm whether or not the extra seat is available.

As checked luggage:
The maximum dimensions permitted for checked musical instruments, amplifiers and sound equipment are 190x75x65 cm, with a maximum weight of 23 kg. If they exceed these dimensions/weight, they will be treated as bulky luggage.

Please check the price chart to find out the cost.

* If there is no available space on board, it will be removed and placed in the hold.

For flights operated by Iberia Regional Air Nostrum or Vueling, the specific regulations of those airlines apply.

Wheelchairs

You can take your mechanically powered wheelchair and any similar mobility device (walkers, crutches, etc.) free of charge.

They must meet a series of requirements to be accepted in the hold:

Dry battery-powered wheelchairs
The terminals must be isolated for protection from short circuit and the power pack must be disconnected and attached to the chair.

Wet battery-powered wheelchairs
They must be able to be loaded, stowed, fastened and unloaded in an upright position, with the power disconnected and secured to the chair and the terminals isolated. If this is not possible, the power pack must be removed from the chair and placed in leak-proof packaging impervious to battery fluid and protected against violent movements. It must also be protected from short circuit, wrapped in absorbent material and travel in an upright position.

If you have any questions, please use our form. Flights operated by Vueling, please contact them directly.

The Czech authorities inform passengers travelling with an electric wheelchair that they should hand them over at check-in, where they will be provided with a manual wheelchair to get around the airport and the boarding area.

Bulky and/or heavy luggage

For any luggage that exceeds the permitted dimensions (158cm height+width+length), please contact our Booking Centre in advance to check whether it can travel on the same plane as you. For luggage that weighs between 23 kg and 32 kg you will be charged the relevant excess baggage fee at the airport.

Musical instruments, audiovisual equipment, industrial parts, etc. that weigh between 32 kg and 45 kg* are treated as an additional item of luggage and you will be charged the relevant fee.

Please check the price chart to find out the cost.

*Except on flights from Brussels where the maximum permitted weight to check in any type of luggage is 32 kg.

Odd-shaped luggage

Odd-shaped luggage refers to any item which, due to its shape, dimensions or material, is subject to limited acceptance and may interfere with the automatic check-in and baggage handling systems at airports.
It includes, for example, items made of flexible fabric and/or that are oval, round or spherical in shape, as well as soft plastic or plasticised packages or bags and packaging for domestic or rudimentary use.

This type of luggage requires specific handling and treatment. We therefore reserve the right to refuse it for safety or operational reasons if it does not meet the necessary conditions.
Its acceptance will be subject to inspection at the check-in desk, which will imply the following conditions:

These items can only be checked in at the special baggage desks.
In the event of operational restrictions, these items may be placed in a special hold or, exceptionally, sent on a later flight.

A specific supplementary charge will be applied in accordance with the current price table.

Odd-shaped baggage fees
	Spain (except Canary Islands)	Canary Islands, Europe, North Africa and Middle East	America and Asia
Each way (origin-destination)	€35/$45/£35	€60/$75/£55	€125/$150/£110
Connecting flights	€40/$50/£35	€70/$80/£65	€140/$165/£125

To ensure safe transport and avoid incidents, we recommend the use of rigid, rectangular or stable suitcases since these facilitate handling and stacking in the hold containers.

Firearms

Whether hunting or sport equipment, firearms and ammunition are treated as dangerous items and must therefore be carried in the hold. You will be charged the relevant fee at the airport.
Hunting and sport shooting equipment is considered to cover the group of items comprising only:

Rifles and shotguns (long weapons):
Two rifle or shotgun cases with no more than two rifles or shotguns in total and a maximum of five kg of ammunition per passenger in one or more boxes. One additional case or bag for shooting sports equipment (suit, gloves, footwear, etc.).

Guns (short weapons):
Two gun cases with no more than five guns and a maximum of 5 kg of ammunition per passenger in one or more boxes. One additional case or bag for shooting sports equipment (suit, gloves, footwear, etc.).

Conditions of acceptance on the flight
Weapons must be unloaded, disassembled and packed in an appropriate case. Ammunition must be packed in a separate case made of wood, metal or pressed cardboard, duly labelled and identified on the outside and with the airline's knowledge.

To board a direct or connecting flight from any airport in Brazil on which you want to take or check in a fire arm, you must register on SISCAER ARMAS (only available in Portuguese).

Check-in
Before you check in firearms and ammunition, you will need to go to the Firearms Office at the airport and fill in the paperwork. Carry the original form yourself and put the copy inside the case containing the firearm.
On arrival, you will have to collect your firearms from the Firearms Office at the destination airport if you are travelling in Spain, or where indicated by the authorities if you are travelling to another country.

Please check the price chart to find out the cost.

Check the procedure for travelling with firearms to/from Brazil as per the Brazilian National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) regulations (only available in Portuguese).

Baggage Incidents Service

If there's an incident with your baggage at the destination airport, you can more information here. We'll do everything we can to resolve the issue as soon as possible.

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Exceptional cases

Your check-in luggage

Bags and other items exceeding 190 cm in length are not permitted.

Cash payments are not accepted at Heathrow airport.

Animals are not permitted in the cabin (PETC) on flights to London, or in the hold (AVIH) on flights to/from London. However, they are permitted to travel as cargo.