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In the Airline industry there are three types of Baggage allowances.

Traditional Airlines

First being "piece concept" that applies to mostly the United States and Canada. In Economy class, you can check in one bag with restrictions with some Airports/Airlines of up to 32kg.

The second more common allowance is in Kilograms. Most non-low cost airlines allow 20kg for Economy class per passenger, 30 kilograms for Business Class and 40 kg for First Class.

Low cost carriers

Almost all low cost carriers are lowering their baggage allowance each year, and some have reached as low as 12kg per person and charge for extra baggage weight. You have to be aware of this before you plan a trip and take into account all the various extras before flying on a low cost carrier.

Be a member of Your airline.

Memberships at most airlines when you reach a certain tier will give you free extra baggage allowance, so if you fly regularly make sure that you enroll into a program. Most "Silver" card holders get 10 extra kilos on any class, and "Gold" members get 20kg extra baggage allowance free of charge.*

* This example applies to StarAlliance, other airline alliances and individual airlines might have different rules when it comes to baggage.

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