I truly think that Air India Flying Returns is not a great loyalty program and I’ve said it before. However, in the wake of Air India, Jet Airways, Go Air and Indigo dropping their free baggage allowance to 15 Kgs, it seems to have become an inconvenience to some travellers who still feel the need for more baggage allowance. Baggage allowance seems to be going at Rs. 250 (~$4) per Kg above the allowance, and it pinches pockets to pay. SpiceJet is the only Indian carrier offering 20 Kgs at the time of writing this.
Anyhow, there is a simple trick for the heavy travellers who choose to book with Air India. Most airlines with a loyalty program offer their elites an extra baggage allowance, such as Jet Airways. However, Air India also offers base level members of their Flying Returns program a 10Kg extra baggage allowance.
All you need to do? Sign up for Flying Returns if you don’t have an account, and make sure you include your Flying Returns number when you are flying on an Air India ticket. You’d be eligible for 25 Kgs allowance instead of 15 kgs. And if you’re a family of four, you end up getting 40 kgs extra baggage.
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Kindly check if my membership is active an how to up date for KYC
I was told at kathmandu airport that from january 16 extra 10 kgs will not be allowed against base ff card. Is it so. Please confirm.
Hi. Just wanted to know if the membership card has an expiry period?
@Sheerin the base membership is free and without an expiry period. If you become silver, gold or platinum (maharaja), those memberships come for one year.
I just called Flying Returns and they definitively said that just getting the Flying Returns membership and booking using that is not adequate to get into ‘active’ status. You need to become ‘active’ to avail the 10kg benefit. This can be done either by taking a flight after registration or by using a flight that has been taken upto 6 months prior of the registration date. So, if you have no flights for the past 6 months, then the first flight of your domestic leg will be just used to ‘activate’ the benefits – but they can’t be used on that flight. All subsequent flights will have the benefits
I asked him specifically about what folks have posted on forums like these – but he said that the checkin agent can’t make decisions since the information is accessible via the checkin terminal he/she uses and the membership has to be ‘active’
I wonder if anyone here has had the experience of presuming the benefit, only to be rejected while checkin. And if anyone has used the benefit, even on their first flight – and how
@VK unless AI has improved their systems this is totally subjective. Back in the day a lot of people managed to just get the AI number on their ticket and get 10 kgs. Now waiting to hear new experiences.
Hello,
I have the same question as Ricka. Am I eligible to the 10kg extra luggage allowance even on my first trip?
Thanks for your answer in advance.
@Diviya yes.
Hello,
Thank you for your fast reply.
I am really confused because the air india service centre is telling me that I need to activate the card by doing a trip then on return flight I can benefit the 10kg extra allowance but not on the first trip. Do you really think it is allowed on the first trip itself? I am sorry.. But I am travelling to India in two days and I love to have 10kg more.
Thank you again
Thank you for your fast reply.
I am really confused because the air india service centre is telling me that I need to activate the card by doing a trip then on return flight I can benefit the 10kg extra allowance but not on the first trip. Do you really think it is allowed on the first trip itself? I am sorry.. But I am travelling to India in two days and I love to have 10kg more.
Thank you again
I’m customer of air India
what is the way forward to avail the Flying Returns extra baggage or do i have to fill any form etc. Please reply on my email
@Jai Prakash Singh, Please sign up as a member of Flying Returns at http://www.flyingreturns.co.in and then you wil lbe able to get the extra baggage allowance.
I am flying from Delhi TO Frankfurt on 8th April 2015 and returning back on15th April 2015,kindly register me to avail extra baggage on my trip as i am a frequent traveller.please let me know how to go further on this to avail this facility on my email.
Flying returns to 10 kgs extra baggage allowance card
I need 10 kg extra baggage
Hi Ajay
I have got FR number after I booked the tickets and I have gone to manage bookings and added my trip it is showing under active bookings now under FR membership is this extra 10 KGs available on both journeys like to and from ?
pls extra 10kg card method pls regular customer
Hello, I’m very confused about this 10kg extra baggage allowance as Air India and my travel agent have told me two very different things.
When calling Air India they tell me I am not eligible for extra 10kg until I make one journey as my card will only be active then. However, my travel agent told me you do not need to make one journey and you are eligible for 10kg extra as soon as you make a membership and add the number to your ticket.
Can someone with experience in travelling with AI please clarify. Am I eligible for extra 10kg even though this will be my first journey as a member? Also, is there even a way for airport staff to check if the card is active or not?
Thanks in advance
@Ricka you get the 10 kg extra even on your first flight.
Hai sir,
I want to know that how can i carry an extra 10 kg with me? How much will be the cost for that?i am travelling from dubai to kochi(kerala)
I used flying returns miles of my bro to book tkt for me and my wife. Against both our names, my bro’s FF number is mentioned.
Will we still be eligible for extra baggage and will it be 20 kgs or 10 kgs only.
Hello,
I am travelling from Newark to Ranchi via Mumbai on 27th August 2014 back from J1 visa. There was a student’s offer regarding an additional baggage allowance for students under J1 visa. I tried Calling up AI but no clear instructions was given. What should I do? Also, my FF is activated. Please reply ASAP
@archit try calling them on their indian number 1407 or go to the airport?
I’m travelling to Delhi from Sydney in November and just signed up for the Flying Returns program to get the extra baggage allowance. But I called up air india and they told me I will not be getting this extra baggage allowance until my card is active (it gets active after you make one trip with that membership number). This is contradicting to other comments on this page though so i’m not 100% sure on how correct the guy was. Any idea if I’ll still be able to get the extra 10kg?
@Ricka you should be fine.
Hi,
I want to fly to Dubai to mangalore sep 30th
I want to book tiget my credit card, I want to be 10 kg extra baggage how can I use this facility, please advaise me the option
Alright. Thank you very much for your advice, it’s very helpful! 🙂
That’s okay, I just used their online chat and they did it for me. They say I must have activated my card before with another flight to benefit the 10 extra kg though. It’s in contradiction with what you and some people say, so I’m not so confident. Do you mean we are not suppose to benefit this if our membership card is not activated, but as they never (can’t?) check, it’s ok?
Another question: do we have to carry another luggage of 10kgs to register, or we just have the right to have 10 more kgs in the same suitcase?
Thank you in advance for your help!
@Diane don’t worry you should be fine. you can carry an extra piece of in the same suitcase, both will work
Hi!
I can’t manage to update my booking and on my travellers information it’s written my ticket number needs revalidation or exchange. I don’t think my card is activated because I could’nt add my flight in March. I just can add my flight back to France in September to my bookings.
What can I do?
how can they know that im flight return member? or else i just have to tell them my code .plis help
Hi!
I booked a flight from Sydney to Paris with Air India in March 2014, but I only get my Flying Returns card since June 2014. How can I do to benefit 10 extra kg?
Thanks for your answer!
@Diane just update your flying returns membership number in the ticket and you get the benefit
I am planning to travel this October on Air India from Sydney to Patna via Delhi. If I book the round trip the transit flight duration does not suit me and I don’t want to risk losing my International flight on return.
I have seen that there is an option of multi city travel in India where I can choose the flights according to a suitable date ( Indirectly I can relax and meet my friends at Delhi before going to Patna and same while returning ).
The option is as followed
Sydney-Delhi : 4th October
Delhi-Patna :6th October
Patna-Delhi-18th October
Delhi-Sydney-22nd October
The price is not much different compared to the round trip.
Now my doubt is
1. Whether the all these tickets including the domestic will have the same PNR and
2. Whether the domestic will have the same baggage limit (30 kg) as the international travel.
Talked to the customer care and they seemed positive but would like to have confirmation from someone who has already done this kind of travel.
@Apoorv if you book with the same eticket number only then will the allowance be extended to you otherwise not.
Hi I am travelling from Dubai to Kolkata on June 22nd 2014 through Air India. I have registered to flying miles 2days back only I have recieved only the membership Id print through mail only I doesnt hold any card.But My Ticket was booked by travel agent in India and he has not used my Flying miles ID at the time of booking. Even can I utilize Extra 10kg benefit showing my Membership Id at the check in counter. As my Flying Miles membership account has 0miles & 0 Points till date. Can avail this in the trip. Please suggest solution at the earliest.
Hi Team,
I had booked my ticket two weeks ago form Paris to Chennai and Chennai to Paris, recently i came to know for return fly i’ll get 10 Kg extra baggage allowance free. I have registered and got my Membership ID, how i’ll get this membership number on the ticket. If i take the Membership ID Printout they will accept for 10 Kg extra baggage. How do i add my missing miles and upward journey miles in this Membership ID.
Waiting for your replay.
Thanks in Advance,
Magesh.Vijayan
@Magesh you can use the online manage my booking feature on the Air India website to add your number http://www.airindia.com
Hi,
I purchase 2 adult ticket of AI but the agent has not taken FR# and I want to take a benefit 10kg each. any help & thanks
@Farooqui, call air India reservations and tell them the number along with pnr to have them put it
Thank you Ajay
I just got my wife registered for FR, now can her FR be used for extra 10 kg while checking in for the ticket booked earlier?
@Vishal yes. just add her FR number before check in and you’re a go for extra 10 kg bags
I have the same question as Sarat had on March 23rd, 2014, but I don’t see the answer.
I booked the ticket online for my wife already without quoting my FR number, Will I be eligible for extra 10 kg allowance at the time of check-in or collecting boarding pass?
@Vishal, your wife can’t have your FR number, she needs to have her own FR number on the ticket for traveling with the extra bags.
Dear all, I reserved for July and I have flying returns card number with copy of the card by mail. But, I am not having the card. To benefit the extra 10 kg… they asks the card or only number of the card ? Thanks you for your helps.
My experience is the most worst experience with Flying Returns, since last one year i am struggling to get my flying returns card renewed and secondly even no one is cooperating on updating my NYC-Mumbai flying returns miles. I have minimum 15 mails, called flying returns and Air India Minimum 50 times …nothing happened.
Do we need to pay for this facility? If yes how much?
@Amruta, no. you just need to have your membership number of FlyingReturns on your ticket. http://www.flyingreturns.co.in to enroll
For a family of four (with 2 kids under 12) on one ticket – does this work if one parent have the Flying Returns membership – to get the extra 40kg (10kg per person)?
Or only the registered members get the extra 10 kg in which case we can only get 20 kgs (for each adult) with 2 kids under 12.
@Amit every member gets 10 kg limit, so for a family of 4 you get 20 kgs extra. this is over and above your 15 kgs per pax so you basically do have a 80 kg between the four of you which i think is a lot of baggage allowance.
how can i avail the facility now for my wife’s ticket booked 2 mnths back,is it applicable to one way ticket also,is the membership no to be quoted while booking or the facility available by quoting membership no.at boarding pass counter directly at airport on day of flight
thanks,
bro how can i make my children id, what is the procedure to add in my children ticket all are under 12.please help.
thanks,
@yousuf the minimum age for joining the air india flying returns program is 12 years.
sir i already perches my ticket how i can add my membership no in my ticket. shall i make separate id for my children. please help
@yousuf you can add your frequent flyer number under manager my bookings.
Hi,
is this scheme is applied on return ticket only??? i mean extra 10 Kg…
@sumit no. one way as well
Hello, is this extra 10KG baggage allowance available for AI flights from Seoul, South Korea to Ahmedabad, India by mentioning FR number on the ticket..thanks
@Payal on all air india flights on their own metal, no codeshares. yes.
Thank you ajay. But can I do for my 2 year old son on his ticket
@amita, unfortunately not. the minimum age to join their loyalty program is 12 years.
Hi ,I want this service 10 kg extra.
what should I do
@amita sign up to be a flying returns member and use the membership number on your ticket before you fly to get the excess baggage allowance
I want to be member
how can i get extra 10n kg with me how i hav e to restered
@baljit go to http://www.flyingreturns.co.in get yourself a FlyingReturns number and use it on your ticket.
10kg
No
Also i was offered free Upgrade to Business class twice, AI rocks.
Surprisingly when i booked a round trip in Ai with FR and went to counter, i was told that im eligible for 10kg extra. I never knew this b4 and it was not mentioned in Eticket either.
One more thing was that the e-ticket provided by AirIndia has no details whatesover, from where its departure,fare breakup,baggage allowance… nothing of that sorts.
I have been flying JetAirways since long and their eticket mentions every minute detail but AirIndia is just completely opposite :/
You might know that some domestic AirIndia flights originate from Mumbai’s T2 Sahar terminal(esp. for Kerala) which is the case with my ticket BUT with no details watesover mentioned in the ticket any passenger would land at the Domestic Terminal(Vile Parle) instead of T2 terminal.
Hi,
For the first time I booked and air india flight and using your advice regarding gaining extra 10kgs baggage, I regsitered with Flying returns and booked a roundtrip ticket via AirIndia’s website but although in their memebership it is mentioned that I’m entitled to 10kg extra but in the ticket nothing of that sort is mentioned.
So would I face a problem at the time of travel?
@Jetfan go and queue up in the ffp queue and you won’t face trouble