Dubai carrier extends free extra baggage offer

Emirates airline passengers will have up to 20 kilos of reasons to celebrate the holiday season. (AFP)

DUBAI: Emirates airline passengers will have up to 20 kilos of reasons to celebrate the holiday season, with the carrier extending its additional free baggage allowance promo for travelers bound for at least 40 destinations from Dubai.

Emirates passengers traveling to selected routes in Pakistan (Islamabad, Lahore, Peshawar and Karachi) can bring with them 10 kilograms of additional checked baggage – for a total 40-kilogram baggage allowance – until November 30; while those bound for China (Guangzhou, Beijing and Shanghai) are assured of up to 15 kilograms of extra checked baggage until December 13.

Passengers for the African routes (Abidjan, Accra, Addis Ababa, Algiers, Cairo, Casablanca, Dar Es Salam, Nairobi, Dakar, Entebbe, Harare, Luanda, Lagos, Lusaka and Tunis) can have 15 kilograms of extra baggage with during their travel until December 13. For outbound flights to India (Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Kochi, Hyderabad and Chennai) until October 31, passengers can check in up to 10 kilograms of extra belongings with them.

Meanwhile, passengers for the Manila route can take advantage of the maximum 15-kilogram additional baggage at no extra cost until December 4, while those in the circular Cebu-Clark route are entitled to 10 kilograms of additional baggage for free also until December 4. Emirates’ offer is applicable for both outbound and inbound travel to the Southeast Asian country.

Emirates flyers in other routes such as Khartoum, Dhaka and Jakarta are entitled to up to 10 kilograms of free additional baggage, until December 13, for a total 40 kilograms of luggage.