Air India · fees checked 2026-10-22
Air India fees: bags, seats and card fees
What Air India's fares include and what the extras really cost, from Air India's own website. Prices in AUD per person. Anything Air India doesn't publish, we say so rather than guess.
Economy Value fare includes
a 7 kg cabin bag, a 25 kg checked bag
seat choice the airline doesn't publish, a meal
Checked bag
not published
Air India only shows it while you book
Choosing a seat
not published
Paying
no card fee published
free: Not published: the Australian Air India site couldn't be read
Every Air India fee
See real prices on Air India| Fare type | Cabin | Checked | Seat | Meal | Change | Cancel |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economy Value | 7 kg | 25 kg | not published | ✓ | fee | refund |
| Economy Classic | 7 kg | 30 kg | not published | ✓ | fee | refund |
| Economy Flex | 7 kg | 35 kg | not published | ✓ | free | refund |
| Extra | Australia and New Zealand – India |
|---|---|
| Checked bag at airport, 5 kg per direction | $264 |
Paying: no card fee published. Free: Not published: the Australian Air India site couldn't be read (blocked), and the India pages don't cover Australian card fees.
- Economy Value includes 25 kg, Classic 30 kg and Flex 35 kg to and from India, so the cheapest fare carries 10 kg less than Flex (aiChecked).
- Extra kilos at the airport cost USD 37 a kilo between Australia and India, about $53 a kilo (aiExcess).
- Air India publishes its Australian change and cancel fees with no currency, so you only learn the real amount when booking; missing the flight refunds only the taxes (aiPenalties).
- Only one 7 kg cabin bag plus a 3 kg personal item is free; carrying up to 12 kg means paying excess (aiCabin).
Sources
aiFares · Air India: Smart Fares · checked 2026-10-22 · International Economy: Value / Classic / Flex. All get complimentary hot meals. Classic +5 kg and Flex +10 kg over the standard allowance; change: standard fee / lower fee / no cost; cancel: standard / lower / up to 20% of standard; no-show: only taxes refundable.
aiChecked · Air India: Checked baggage allowance · checked 2026-10-22 · India – Australia and New Zealand (weight concept): Economy Value 25 kg, Classic 30 kg, Flex 35 kg. FBA of 25 kg or more = up to 2 pieces; max 32 kg per bag.
aiCabin · Air India: Cabin baggage · checked 2026-10-22 · Economy and Premium Economy 1 cabin bag 7 kg plus a personal item up to 3 kg; up to 12 kg only by paying excess.
aiPenalties · Air India: Request refund (change and cancellation penalties by region) · checked 2026-10-22 · Region 'Australia', Economy Value / Classic / Flex: change 12,000 / 8,000 / Free; cancellation 25,000 / 20,000 / 999; no-show = taxes refundable; no-show and change 25,000 / 25,000 / 6,000. Currency not stated, so these figures aren't used.
aiExcess · Air India: Excess baggage · checked 2026-10-22 · Weight concept at the airport: India to/from Australia USD 37 per kg (exclusive of taxes); journeys from outside India include 5% tax in Economy. Prepay up to 2 h before departure to save up to 20%.
Bands: Australia and New Zealand – India (up to 11,500 km, e.g. MEL-DEL, SYD-DEL).