Have questions about your Alaska Airlines Luggage Sizes, Weight & Restrictions? YES
With all the Alaska Airlines rules and regulations, it would be GREAT to the have answers about weight limits and restricted items before jumping on your Alaska Airlines Flight.
Read below your more information on Alaska Airlines Luggage Sizes, Weight & Restrictions:
Contents
- Alaska Airlines Carry-On Size & Rules
- Alaska Airlines Carry-On Baggage Policy
- Alaska Airlines Carry On Personal Items
- Alaska Airlines Additional Carry-On Information
- Alaska Airlines Prohibited Items
- Alaska Airlines Excess Baggage Fees
- More Information on Alaska Airlines Carry On Sizes
- Top Alaska Airlines Luggage Offers at Amazon
Alaska Airlines Carry-On Size & Rules
The following baggage rules apply only when travelling on Alaska Airlines.
If your itinerary includes travel on another airline, please check that airline’s Web site for their specific baggage rules.
You’re allowed one carry-on bag, which including wheels and handles can measure up to 9″ H x 14″ W x 22″ L.
Alaska Airlines Carry-On Baggage Policy
Alaska Airlines Carry On Personal Items
One personal item, such as a purse, briefcase or laptop computer.
At least one of the items should be stowed under the seat in front of you.
Items exceeding the free carry-on allowance will be charged $25 per piece and tagged for delivery to baggage claim at your destination.
Alaska Airlines Additional Carry-On Information
All items brought onboard count toward your carry-on limit except the following:
- Coats, hats, umbrellas
- A pillow for personal use
- Food for immediate consumption
- Reasonable amount of reading material
- FAA approved child/infant restraint seats to be occupied by a child, strollers
- Service Animals, including properly documented emotional support animals
- Mobility/Medical assistive devices such as wheelchairs, canes, crutches etc.
- Prescription medications and any medical devices needed to administer them
Alaska Airlines Prohibited Items
Many common items used every day in the home or workplace may seem harmless; however, when transported by air, they can be very dangerous. In flight, variations in temperature and pressure can cause items to leak, generate toxic fumes, or start a fire.
Please refer to the Permitted and Prohibited Items of the Transportation and Security Administration (TSA) website for a complete list of items which are federally restricted from being carried onboard our aircraft.
In addition to the items found on the TSA website, Alaska Airlines has additional restrictions on carrying or checking the following items:
Items marked with a green “
” are OK to pack as noted.
Items marked with a red “
” are prohibited from your carry-on and/or checked baggage.
| Carry-On Bag | Checked Bags | |
|---|---|---|
| Pottery, Glass, or Wood |  | |
| Printer and Toner Cartridges (16 oz or greater, to/from Canada) | | |
| Internal Combustion Engines (Outboard motors, chainsaws, generators, gas powered weed eaters) | | |
| Liquids, Gels, or Aerosols (Purchased Beyond the Security Checkpoints) | | |
| Liquids, Gels, or Aerosols (3.4 oz. (100ml) or Less packed per TSA regulations) | | |
| Liquids, Gels, or Aerosols (More than 3.4 oz. (100ml) and/or not packed per TSA regulations) | | |
| Alcohol (More than 3.4 oz.) | | Restrictions |
| Breast Milk | | |
| Camping/Outdoor Equipment (containing camp stoves with the residue of flammable liquid, camp fuel cylinders, strike-anywhere matches, insect sprays, propane heaters, etc.) | | |
| Explosives (Fireworks, gunpowder, signal flares, sparklers, or other explosives) | | |
| Flammable Liquids or Solids (Fuel, paints, lighter refills, strike anywhere matches, Sterno, self-heating meals such as MREs) | | |
| Household Items (Drain cleaners, solvents, other caustic or corrosive solids or liquids) | | |
| Lithium Batteries (Checked bags may only contain batteries installed in electronic devices) | | |
| Matches/Lighters (One book of safety matches or one common lighter) | | |
| Other Hazardous Materials (Gasoline-powered tools, wet-cell batteries, radioactive materials, poisons, infectious substances) | | |
| Personal Air Purifiers | | |
| Pool Chemicals (containing hazardous, oxidizing or reactive materials.) | | |
| Sharp Objects (Knives, cutting instruments – including carpet knives, box cutters, folding or retractable blades, with a cutting edge of more than four inches, pliers larger than seven inches) | | |
| Styrofoam Containers | | |
| Weapons (Firearms, ammunition, mace, tear-gas, or pepper spray) | | |
TSA’s recently announced changes to its Prohibited Items list, including allowing small pocket knives on aircraft, has been temporarily delayed. For more information visit tsa.gov
Alaska Airlines Excess Baggage Fees
- FIRST BAG $25
- SECOND BAG $25
- THIRD+ BAG $75
- OVERWEIGHT $75
- OVERSIZED $75
For additional information, please visit the Alaska Air Baggage Policy.
More Information on Alaska Airlines Carry On Sizes
Hi
I will be travelling on Alaskan airlines this March, wanted to know if my camera and a tripod (both have separate carry bags)stand will be allowed as personal item other than a carry on bag
Best regards
Venkat
Venkat,
Alaskan do allow ONE extra small Personal Items like your camera.
Best to check directly with Alaska.
Am I allowed a small bag of books and my backpack as carry ons
Yes
Additional to your standard carry on bag, Alaska allows One personal item, such as a purse, briefcase or laptop computer.
At least one of the items should be stowed under the seat in front of you.