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Jetstar to charge fees up to $52 to put carry-on baggage in overhead lockers
['Catie Mcleod', 'Jonathan Barrett']
The Guardian
Jetstar will charge its passengers to put carry-on luggage in the overhead lockers, in a major change to the budget airline’s carry-on rules.
The airline on Wednesday announced it would remove the 7kg weight limit for carry-on bags, beginning in February 2027.
Guardian Australia checked the Jetstar website and found it would cost $86 to carry an overhead bag on a 6 February 2027 flight from Melbourne to Tokyo, and an additional $108 to carry an overhead bag on the return flight on 20 February.
The size-based carry-on baggage model is “similar to other leading low-fares carriers around the world”, the airline said.
Under Jetstar’s new rules, underseat bags can be up to 40 × 30 × 20cm and overhead bags can be up to 56 × 36 × 23cm.