Excess baggage

Please check your baggage at the check-in counter or self-service baggage check-in kiosk in advance. CSN may inspect your baggage at the check-in counter, security check counter, boarding gate and in the cabin. Your baggage exceeding the free baggage allowance will be charged as per excess baggage rate.

1 Excess Checked Baggage

1.1 Domestic Route

1.1.1 Regardless of the fare class actually paid by the passengers and the actual position of their seats, baggage carried on CSN flights which exceeds the free baggage allowance will be charged according to the following excess baggage rates: Excess baggage is charged by each kilogram at a rate of 1.5% of the published normal fares of an adult Economy Class ticket price (one-way) applicable on the day the excess baggage ticket is filled; If no direct normal fares are published, the rate is calculated by adding different flights.

1.1.2 Charging standards for small excess baggage(1KG-3KG) on some domestic routes

Travel date: from September 18, 2023 to November 18, 2023

Route: Domestic one-way routes departing from Guangzhou, Beijing Daxing, Shenzhen, Changchun, Shenyang, Wuhan, Zhengzhou, Urumqi, Nanning, Harbin, Shanghai Pudong, Shanghai Hongqiao, Changsha, Guiyang, and Jieyang. If the published normal fares of an adult Economy Class ticket price (one-way) applicable on the day the excess baggage ticket is filled on the above route is less than 1000 yuan, refer to 1.1.1 of this regulation.

Overweight Kilograms Cash Price (Yuan) Mileage Price (Km)
1kg 15 300
2kg 30 600
3kg 45 900

1.2 International/Regional Route

* The selling date of excess baggage and the validity date of price shall be July 31, 2022 (included), and onward.

1.2.1 Any checked baggage that exceeds the limit on pieces, dimensions, or weight will be charged according to the following standard, which is applicable to passengers of all class. If a baggage exceeds the standards of two or more limits among pieces, dimensions, and weight, it will be charged accumulatively.

1.2.2 Charge criteria and currency selection for excess baggage are as follows:

  • (1) If the commencement of itinerary is within the Chinese mainland (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan), the excess baggage is charged on CNY basis.
  • (2) If the commencement of itinerary is within the European region, the excess baggage is charged on Euro basis.
  • (3) Except for the above two situations, the excess baggage is charged on U.S. dollars basis.

1.2.3 Excess baggage charge standard

Area 1: (1) Routes between Chinese mainland and Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and the Americas, Africa. (2) Routes between the Americas and Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Central and Western Asia, Southwest Pacific, Europe, Middle East, Africa. (3) Routes between Africa and Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Central and Western Asia, Southwest Pacific, Europe.

Type Baggage Specification Fee
Weight Dimension(L+W+H) CNY(Yuan) EUR USD
The first piece in addition to the standard allowance ≤23kg ≤158cm 1380/pc 200/pc 225/pc
The second piece or more in addition to the standard allowance ≤23kg ≤158cm 2000/pc 290/pc 330/pc
Oversize piece - 159cm-203cm(inclusive) 1000 145 165
Overweight piece 23-28kg(inclusive) - 500 75 85
28-32kg(inclusive) - 1010 145 170
32-45kg(inclusive) - 3000 435 495

Area 2: (1) Routes between Chinese mainland and Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Europe, Middle East, Southwest Pacific, Japan. (2) Routes between Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Central and Western Asia, Southwest Pacific. (3) Routes between Middle East and Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Central and Western Asia, Southwest Pacific. (4) Routes between Southwest Pacific and Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Central and Western Asia. (5) Routes between Japan and South Korea, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Central and Western Asia.

Type Baggage Specification Fee
Weight Dimension(L+W+H) CNY(Yuan) EUR USD
The first piece beyond the free allowance ≤23kg ≤158cm 1100/pc 160/pc 185/pc
The second piece or more beyond the free allowance ≤23kg ≤158cm 2000/pc 290/pc 330/pc
Oversize piece - 159cm-203cm(Inclusive) 1000 145 170
Overweight piece 23-28kg(inclusive) - 500 75 85
28-32kg(inclusive) - 1010 145 170

Area 3: (1) Routes between Chinese mainland and Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and South Korea, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Central and Western Asia. (2) Other routes unspecified above.

Note: Routes originating from Taiwan to Chinese Mainland, Hong Kong and Macao have special rates for overweight and oversize, specifically the following adjustments: US$50 for overweight 23-28kg (inclusive), US$135 for overweight 28-32kg (inclusive); US$150 for oversize (159cm-203cm (inclusive)).

TYPE BAGGAGE SPECIFICATION FEES
WEIGHT DIMENSION(L+W+H) CNY(Yuan) USD
The first piece in addition to the standard allowance ≤23kg ≤158cm 880/PIECE 145/PIECE
The second piece or more in addition to the standard allowance ≤23kg ≤158cm 1430/PIECE 240/PIECE
Oversize piece - 159cm-203cm(inclusive) 1000 170
Overweight piece 23-28kg(inclusive) - 390 65
28-32kg(inclusive) - 910 155


2 Baggage charged at the boarding gate

2.1 Any carry-on items exceeding the carry-on baggage limitation will be charged as per applicable excess baggage rules.

Any carry-on items exceeding the carry-on baggage limitation will be charged according to the applicable excess baggage fee standard. For details, please refer to 1.1 rules.

2.2 For flights operated from South Korea to Chinese Mainland, fees will be charged when you check your baggage at the boarding gate. The standards are as follows:

Cabin Class Type Actual Specification Fee
Weight Dimension(L+W+H) CNY or Equivalent Local Currency
First Class The first piece beyond the free allowance ≤32kg ≤158cm 1000/pc
The second piece or more beyond the free allowance ≤32kg ≤158cm 1300/pc
Oversize piece - 159cm-300cm 1000
Overweight piece 32-45kg(inclusive) - 3000
Business Class, Premium Economy Class and Economy Class The first piece beyond the free allowance ≤23kg ≤158cm 1000/pc
The second piece or more beyond the free allowance ≤23kg ≤158cm 1300/pc
Oversize piece - 159cm-300cm 1000
Overweight piece 23-32kg(inclusive) - 1000
Overweight piece 32-45kg(inclusive) - 3000

2.3 Fees charged at the boarding gate exclude free baggage allowance (FBA) and prepaid baggage which can only be used at the check-in counter.