Qantas · fees checked 2026-10-22
Qantas fees: bags, seats and card fees
What Qantas's fares include and what the extras really cost, from Qantas's own website. Prices in AUD per person. Anything Qantas doesn't publish, we say so rather than guess.
Red e-Deal fare includes
a 14 kg cabin bag, a 23 kg checked bag
a free seat choice, a meal
Checked bag
not published
Qantas only shows it while you book
Choosing a seat
free on some fares
free on Red e-Deal, Flex, Saver, Flex
Paying
no card fee published
free: Any method: Qantas stopped charging a payment fee on bookings made in Australia from 1 October 2026
Every Qantas fee
See real prices on Qantas| Fare type | Cabin | Checked | Seat | Meal | Change | Cancel |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red e-Deal (dom) | 14 kg | 1 × 23 kg | ✓ | ✓ | fee | credit |
| Flex (dom) | 14 kg | 1 × 23 kg | ✓ | ✓ | free | refund |
| Sale (tasman) | 7 kg | 30 kg | paid | ✓ | fee | credit |
| Sale (asia, long) | 7 kg | 30 kg | paid | ✓ | fee | refund |
| Saver (tasman, asia, long) | 7 kg | 30 kg | ✓ | ✓ | fee | refund |
| Flex (tasman, asia, long) | 7 kg | 30 kg | ✓ | ✓ | free | refund |
| Extra | Australian domestic | Trans-Tasman and Pacific (New Zealand, Fiji, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Norfolk Island) | Asia (incl. Japan, India, Singapore) | Europe, UK, Middle East, Africa and the Americas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Checked bag at airport, 5 kg per direction | – | $105 | $185 | $420 |
| Checked bag at airport, 23 kg per flight | $161 | – | – | – |
Paying: no card fee published. Free: Any method: Qantas stopped charging a payment fee on bookings made in Australia from 1 October 2026.
- International Sale fares don't include seat selection, but joining Qantas Frequent Flyer and booking direct gets you a free standard seat on flights leaving Australia (qfSeats)
- Cancel a Sale, Saver or Red e-Deal fare for a Flight Credit and the change fee (A$121 domestic, A$100-250 international) is taken when you redeem it (qfFareRulesIntl)
- Domestic Flex is only free to cancel for a credit; a cash refund costs A$121 (qfFareRulesDom)
- Qantas doesn't publish pre-paid extra bag prices, but the airport price is: A$161 per extra bag domestic, and A$84 per kg to Europe (qfPrepaid)
- Booking by phone or at an airport adds A$45 (domestic/Tasman) or A$77 (international) per passenger; online is free (qfFees)
Sources
qfChecked · Qantas: Checked baggage allowances · checked 2026-10-22 · Economy: domestic 1 piece 23 kg; North/South America 1 piece 32 kg; rest of world 30 kg (weight). Included on all Qantas Economy fares.
qfCarry · Qantas: Carry-on baggage allowances · checked 2026-10-22 · Domestic Economy 14 kg total (max 10 kg per item; Dash 8 Q400 7 kg). International Economy 7 kg.
qfPrepaid · Qantas: Pre-purchase additional baggage (incl. airport excess and heavy charges) · checked 2026-10-22 · Pre-purchase prices are not published (they depend on route, tier and cabin). Airport charges are published: domestic A$161/piece + A$64 heavy; to the Americas A$315/piece; per kg A$21/A$37/A$63/A$84 by region.
qfFareRulesDom · Qantas: Fare guide Australia to Australia Domestic · checked 2026-10-22 · Rendered from book.qantas.com fareConditions.json?market=AUDOM. Economy families: Red e-Deal, Flex. Fees per person; A$121 for bookings from 1 July 2026.
qfFareRulesTasman · Qantas: Fare guides Australia to New Zealand and Fiji · checked 2026-10-22 · Markets AUTRANSTAS (NZ, Norfolk, Cook Is.) and AUFIJI (Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Kiribati). Economy Sale / Saver / Flex. Fiji guide: same URL with destination=fiji.
qfFareRulesIntl · Qantas: Fare guides Australia to Asia, Japan, Europe/UK, North America · checked 2026-10-22 · Markets AUAIEK, AUASIA, AUJPN, AUEUR, AUUSACAN read; Saver/Sale/Flex fees identical across them except Sale refund (A$550 to North America vs A$400) and no-show fees.
qfFees · Qantas: Schedule of fees · checked 2026-10-22 · No payment fee for bookings made in Australia from 1 Oct 2026. Offline booking fee A$45 domestic/trans-Tasman, A$77 international per passenger; none online.
qfSeats · Qantas: Seating options · checked 2026-10-22 · Qantas Frequent Flyer members get complimentary standard seat selection on Qantas-operated flights departing Australia when booking direct. Seat prices not published.
qfDining · Qantas: Economy inflight dining · checked 2026-10-22 · Domestic: snacks under 2h, hot item up to 3.5h, meal beyond. International: meals.
Bands: Australian domestic (domestic, e.g. SYD-MEL, BNE-PER); Trans-Tasman and Pacific (New Zealand, Fiji, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Norfolk Island) (up to 4,000 km, e.g. SYD-AKL, MEL-AKL); Asia (incl. Japan, India, Singapore) (up to 11,000 km, e.g. SYD-SIN, MEL-HND); Europe, UK, Middle East, Africa and the Americas (up to 20,000 km, e.g. SYD-LAX, MEL-DFW).