I noticed that the baggage allowance differs on the transpacific and China internal segments, how can we handle that?
As a general practice in the air transportation industry worldwide, international baggage allowance is usually more than that could be possibly allowed for the domestic flight due to the smaller aircraft operated on these routes. Currently, you may take two pieces of checked baggage, each one up to 50 lbs, when flying with Air China on the transpacific portion. Domestic flights inside China allow only one piece of checked baggage, not over 44 lbs. We strongly recommend that you travel light!. Nevertheless, in practice, while you are in China, your checked baggage will be handled on a group basis, if your group has 10 passengers or more, some airports may not be very strict with group baggage. A few places like Guilin, are very fussy about baggage limits. Despite the fact that tourism is Guilin’s top industry, the local airport is very strict about the limit of one piece at 44 lbs. In contrast, they are not very strict about limiting carry-on bags; in most cases, you can take multiple c
