Qantas Surfboard Fees

Qantas Airlines accepts your surfboard as checked luggage. Your surfboard will count toward your free checked baggage allowance, so if bringing a suitcase in addition to your surfboard, you may still need to pre-purchase additional kilos to your allowance.

To carry a surfboard or surf ski as baggage, fins must be removed where possible and placed in an enclosed compartment or taped to the board. Paddles must also be taped to the board. Qantas Check-in will attach a Fragile tag to the bag and you must complete and sign the limited release portion of the baggage tag. [AMZ asins='B00HTA1Z6C,B00GGPK0V2,B00NIYJF6U,B0053TGSK4']

Qantas Surfboard Fees on Australian Domestic and International Routes
Only accepted if enclosed in a surfboard bag and does not exceed 32kg (70lb) in weight and 277cm (109in) in length. Any additional bags will each be assessed at the Airport Excess Baggage rates. You can pre-purchase Additional Baggage Allowance at lower rates than Airport Excess Baggage rates.

If travelling on a QantasLink Dash 8 (Q200/300) aircraft, maximum surfboard bag dimensions must not exceed 240cm.

Surfboards that exceed 277cm (109in) in length must be sent as freight and freight charges will apply. This means that longboards over 9-feet will not be able to fly as checked baggage, and must be sent as freight.

Note: Due to size restrictions some equipment may not travel on the same aircraft as the customer.

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