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Call 1 300 FREIGHT (1300 373 444) within Australia,  0800 801 344 for New Zealand or your local Qantas Freight Reservations Office .

Whether you are travelling for an extended holiday or relocating overseas, sometimes packing to meet your baggage allowance can be a challenge. Passengers travelling with more baggage than the allowances are required to pay excess baggage charges.

However, these charges can sometimes be prohibitive. That is why Qantas offers passengers an unaccompanied baggage service, on most routes, as a convenient and cost-effective alternative to paying excess baggage.

Due to security restrictions imposed since 9/11/2001, Qantas Freight does not currently accept unaccompanied baggage exit USA ports. Customers have the option of -

• Checking their baggage as excess on their flight(s) or
• Contacting a freight forwarding company to assist them in moving their baggage.

Class Of Travel	Destination Of Travel
	To the United States of America, US Territories, Canada, Tahiti & South America (when travel is via the Pacific)	To all other international destinations
First Class	2 pieces of checked baggage (total combined dimension of each piece - 158cm or 62 inches)	Any number of pieces up to a combined total of 40kg
Business Class	2 pieces of checked baggage (total combined dimension of two pieces - 270cm or 106 inches)	Any number of pieces up to a combined total of 30kg
Economy Class	2 pieces of checked baggage (total combined dimension of two pieces - 270cm or 106 inches)	Any number of pieces up to a combined total of 20kg

Note: For all classes and all routes the maximum permitted weight of any single item must not exceed 32kg/70lb
          Unaccompanied Baggage is not available to passengers departing from any city within the United States.

To avoid excess baggage charges, you can send excess baggage as unaccompanied baggage. This alternative means of transporting your personal belongings may not offer the convenience of having your baggage travel on your flight, but can provide a significant cost saving.

There are some handling costs and additional customs charges, but rates for unaccompanied baggage are often considerably less than those for excess baggage.

For a detailed cost estimate please contact your local Qantas Freight Reservations Office.

To send unaccompanied baggage, you must hold an international ticket, for travel on any airline, between the origin and destination shown on the ticket.

Baggage is sent on a 'space available' basis, this means that your baggage will not necessarily travel on the same flight as you.

If you require your unaccompanied baggage to be available for collection on your arrival, it is recommended that your baggage be sent two or three days prior to your departure. This may vary according to your destination, so please contact your local Qantas Freight Reservations Office for more details.

Bookings are not required to consign your unaccompanied baggage. Simply present your baggage together with your valid airline ticket and photo identification, such as a driver's license or passport, at the appropriate facility, where the necessary documentation can be completed.

For details of where to lodge your unaccompanied baggage in Australia, please select your origin from the pulldown menu below.

	Please select Adelaide Brisbane Cairns Melbourne Perth Sydney

At your destination, unaccompanied baggage is collected from the freight terminal and cleared through customs as freight.You may be required to pay handling, Government Customs and Quarantine charges, and in some cases storage fees, depending on how long your unaccompanied baggage is held before collection.

For full details of where to collect your unaccompanied baggage on arrival at your destination, the relevant charges payable and payment options, please select your destination from the pulldown menu below, otherwise our staff can advise you of these charges when you consign your baggage.

	Please select Adelaide Auckland Bangkok Beijing Brisbane Cairns Christchurch Denpasar Frankfurt Ho Chi Minh City Hong Kong Honolulu Jakarta Johannesburg Kuala Lumpur London Los Angeles Manila Melbourne Mumbai Nadi Nagoya New York Noumea Osaka Perth Phuket Port Morseby San Francisco Sapporo Shanghai Singapore Suva Sydney Tokyo Wellington

Unaccompanied baggage can be presented in any container, usually suitcases or sealed boxes. There is no limit to the amount of goods that can be sent as unaccompanied baggage, but volumetric considerations apply. The maximum permitted weight of any single item must not exceed 32kg/70lb.

Unaccompanied baggage can only consist of a customer's personal clothing and articles including books, portable musical instruments and portable sporting equipment. Commercial freight cannot be accepted at the discounted unaccompanied baggage rates.

Unaccompanied baggage should never contain perishable foodstuffs and must not, as when packing for any flight, contain any of the following dangerous goods: flammable solids and liquids, oxidising materials, toxic substances, radioactive materials, corrosives, gases, infectious substances, magnetised materials, explosives, miscellaneous items including asbestos, dry ice, engines and organic peroxides.

FAILURE TO DECLARE DANGEROUS GOODS OR COMPLY WITH GOVERNMENT SAFETY REGULATIONS IS A SERIOUS OFFENCE.

Qantas offers a number of alternatives to quickly and easily check the status of your unaccompanied baggage. By simply using the air waybill number, which is supplied when you consign your baggage, you can check the status of your shipment through any Qantas Freight Reservations Office, Qantas Freight Handling Agents Wordwide, our Internet tracking service or by e-mailing us.

So wherever you are in the world, you can check the status of your unaccompanied baggage.