Avianca Baggage Rules 2026

The carry-on can measure up to 55 x 35 x 25 cm (22 x 14 x 10 in), counting wheels and handles, and weigh up to 10 kg (22 lb). It comes free on Light, Classic, Flex and Business. Basic fares include only the personal item, so a roller bag has to be bought separately.

The 25 cm (10 in) depth leaves an extra inch over a bag sold as 22 x 14 x 9 in.

Your personal item can be up to 45 x 35 x 20 cm (18 x 14 x 8 in) and must slide under the seat in front. Every fare, Basic included, gets one free. Avianca names a purse, backpack, diaper bag, laptop bag or small package as examples. Staff check sizes at the airport and gate, and a bag that won't fit the sizer can be charged as extra baggage.

Yes, a 10 kg (22 lb) limit applies to the carry-on, so expect it on the scale at check-in or boarding. The personal item has a size limit only; Avianca publishes no weight for it. When the cabin is full, staff move carry-ons to the hold free of charge.

Basic includes only the 45 x 35 x 20 cm personal item. Light adds the 10 kg carry-on. Classic and Flex add one 23 kg checked bag. Since November 11, 2025, Business is sold as Business Classic or Business Flex, and both include two 32 kg bags plus the carry-on. Basic can't buy priority boarding on routes within the Americas. lifemiles Elite and Star Alliance Gold members get about one extra 23 kg bag.

Tickets bought on the old Business fare before November 11, 2025 keep their original change and refund conditions.

On Basic and Light, a first checked bag to or from North America costs from USD 85, the second from USD 140 and the third from USD 225. These are the prices for buying more than 48 hours before departure. Routes within Latin America start at USD 60 or USD 80 for the first bag. Classic and Flex pay the same second and third bag prices as Basic.

Avianca publishes no airport price for international bags, only that buying ahead saves money.

Economy checked bags can weigh 23 kg (50 lb) and Business bags 32 kg (70 lb), each within 158 linear cm (62 in). With an excess fee, Avianca takes bags up to 45 kg and 230 linear cm. To and from Europe, nothing over 32 kg is accepted even if you pay.

Overweight bags to or from North America cost USD 160 up to 32 kg and USD 200 from 33 to 45 kg, per piece. Oversize bags on the same routes cost USD 160 in low season and USD 185 in high season, charged on top of the bag itself. To Europe, overweight costs USD 160 and anything over 32 kg is refused.

Avianca's first overweight band starts at 25 kg, and the page does not say how a 24 kg bag is charged.

Up to 2 checked pieces is the cap on listed routes between October 15, 2026 and February 20, 2027, including New York and San Francisco to San Salvador and Miami to Guayaquil. Outside those dates the same routes take up to 6 pieces. Some Clic-operated domestic flights in Colombia allow 2 checked bags all year.

The cap covers both the outbound and return flights on the affected routes.

Yes. Dogs and cats up to 10 kg (22 lb), carrier included, fly in the cabin in a soft carrier no larger than 22 x 14 x 10 in (56 x 36 x 25 cm). Cabin fees start at USD 170 between North America, Central America and the Caribbean. Larger pets up to 70 kg (154 lb) go in the hold from USD 250 on those routes. You can bring one pet in the cabin. Pets can't fly to the Galapagos or the United Kingdom, and Aruba and Curaçao accept them only for permanent relocation.

Roosters are accepted in the hold alongside dogs and cats.

Within 23 kg (32 kg in Business) and 158 linear cm, sports gear takes the place of a checked bag at no extra charge. Bigger items, such as a boxed bicycle up to 300 linear cm, pay a separate sports equipment fee. Bicycles aren't accepted on Clic flights. A surfboard to or from North America costs from USD 150 in low season and USD 175 in high season.

Staff measure personal items at the airport and again at the gate, and an item over 45 x 35 x 20 cm can be charged as extra baggage. On Basic, that means the cheapest path is buying the 10 kg carry-on online, from COP 79,900 or USD 30 on domestic flights, rather than at check-in.