Luggage with LOT without secrets. A guide for business travelers

WorkTrips' mission is to simplify your business trips. To make planning trips as simple, convenient, and as possible as possible. Precisely because this guide is approximate, it concerns the rules regarding the use of hand luggage and registered luggage in LOT Polish Airlines, both on short-, medium-, and long-haul routes. Thanks to this, you will pack quickly, and your delegation will go smoothly, and you will be aware that you can focus on the destination, not on logistics and formalities.

 

Hand luggage - your main companion on a business trip

Hand luggage to your source ally on a business trip. It is in it that you have everything you need at hand - a laptop, documents, or important notes. Places on board where hand luggage must fit on the shelf or under the seat in front of you.

 

Dimensions and weight of the handheld device

revealing the business trip route, dimensions of hand luggage not exceeding 55 cm in height, 40 cm in width, and 23 cm in depth. You can also follow the rules that the total sum of dimensions cannot exceed 118 cm. And what about the hand luggage scale?

 1. Across Poland, Europe and the Middle East (e.g., Dubai, Saudi Arabia), and Central Asia (e.g, Uzbekistan):

• in Economy Class (LOT Economy Class), you can keep one item up to 8 kg,
• in business class (LOT Business Class), you are entitled to two pieces, each up to 9 kg.

 2. On long routes (e.g., to China, USA, Canada, Japan):

• in Economy Class (LOT Economy Class), you can take one item up to 8 kg,
• in business class (LOT Business Class), you can leave two items of 9 kg each. The exception is flights to the USA, where 1 item of up to 12 kg is available.
• in premium economy class (LOT Premium Economy), up to two pieces, in total up to 12 kg (one piece max. 8 kg) on routes to Asia, and to the USA, 1 piece up to 10 kg.

If the hand luggage that is designated exceeds the parameters or weight, additional fees may be incurred.

 

Additional items you can leave on board

Within the ticket prices, as hand luggage, you can access yourself with one of the things that often prove invaluable on a business trip:

• a handbag, a small backpack or a waist bag/purse (maximum weight and dimensions: 2 kg; 40 cm x 35 cm x 12 cm),
• laptop - edition for work while traveling,
• umbrella - always possible in changeable weather,
• small camera or binoculars.

The transport information must be more than one item; they must be packed as part of the hand luggage allowance.

 

It is sailing in the port of call

On flights departing from Europe, regulations regarding restrictions on the carriage of hand water. May be placed in containers with a capacity of up to 100 ml, or placed in transparent, closed containers with a capacity of up to 1 liter. Exceptions include medicinal and dietary products, necessary for the duration of the journey, but you may be asked to provide their authenticity (prepare for another eventuality by taking with you proof of possession and, for example, a certificate of certification).

 

Checked baggage on a business trip - when more space becomes available

Sometimes a business trip requires taking a larger suitcase than just hand luggage. It is obvious that there is additional equipment at the request of the delegation. Checked luggage can be used when it comes to combining work duties with users, i.e., the full potential of bleisure.

 

Dimensions and weight of the registered device

The dimensions of one registered item cannot exceed 158 cm. Registration restrictions are basic depending on the direction and classic travel. How exactly does it look?

 1. On short and medium-haul flights (within Poland, Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia):

• qualification flights (within Poland) - in economy class (LOT Economy Class Standard/Flex), you are provided with 1 piece of storage up to 23 kg,
• short-haul flights (in Europe, to the Middle East) - in business class (LOT Business Class), you can use 2 utility items of 32 kg each. In turn, in the case of economy class (LOT Economy Class Standard/Flex) it includes 1 item of up to 23 kg,
• medium-haul flights (e.g. to the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan) - in premium economy class (LOT Premium Economy) you take up 2 utility items of 23 kg each. In turn, in standard economy class (LOT Economy Class Standard/Flex), you can have 1 item of up to 23 kg.

 2. On long-haul flights (e.g. to China, India, Japan, Canada, South Korea, USA):

• in business class (LOT Business Class) you can have 3 pieces, always up to 32 kg,
• in the premium economy class (LOT Premium Economy) you are entitled to 2 pieces, each up to 23 kg,
• in standard economy class (LOT Economy Class), depending on the route - possibility of taking 1 or 2 pieces of luggage up to 23 kg. For example, on flights to the USA and Canada it is 1 piece up to 23 kg, and to Japan or China 2 pieces of 23 kg each.

 

Open your business travel with worktrips.com platform

Thanks to the information received in this guide, you have all the data on the subject included in travels with LOT, which allowed you to pack without stress and smoothly pass check-in. But that's not all! When planning business trips, it is worth using the online platform, which allows for a few moments of the entire trip, including flights with LOT Polish Airlines. Thanks to such a tool, you have all the documents at hand - from the phone available at the time of the appearance of the travel plan, digital document circulation ensures that all formalities are under control. Additional baggage rules are essential, and with the system that worktrips.com you have to death, every business trip will be stress-free, freeing up your time for what is important in business.

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