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Wizz Air baggage: free bag, Priority trolley and hold
Independent site, not the airline. Fees are charged only by the airline, at booking, check-in or the gate.
Type your bag’s height, width and depth: the checker tells you whether it is a free Wizz Air carry-on bag, needs WIZZ Priority, or belongs in the hold.
Will my bag fit? Your bag against 7 airlines
Fits as a carry-on (overhead bin)
6 of 7 airlines
- RyanairFits (55 × 40 × 20 cm)
- easyJetFits (56 × 45 × 25 cm)
- Jet2Fits (56 × 45 × 25 cm)
- British AirwaysFits (56 × 45 × 25 cm)
- Wizz AirFits (55 × 40 × 23 cm)
- TUI Airways (tui.co.uk)Fits (55 × 40 × 20 cm)
- Virgin Atlantic (archived figures)4.0 cm too big (56 × 36 × 23 cm)
On Wizz Air, the bag included in every ticket is small: one carry-on bag of 40 × 30 × 20 cm (15.7 × 11.8 × 7.9 in), weighing up to 10 kg (22 lb), which has to fit under the seat in front of you. Anything bigger in the cabin means buying WIZZ Priority during booking, the only way to get the trolley bag of 55 × 40 × 23 cm (21.7 × 15.7 × 9.1 in), also limited to 10 kg (22 lb), into the overhead locker. Wizz Air sells the trolley only as part of Priority; it cannot be added on its own. Hold bags come in four weights, 10 kg, 20 kg, 26 kg, 32 kg, with the WIZZ Go and WIZZ Plus bundles including checked baggage. Wizz Air states its prices in euros on its help pages, and the one figure written there in text is the airport surcharge for an overweight hold bag: €13 per kilo. Bag prices themselves vary by flight and appear in the booking. We read the Wizz Air help centre on October 26, 2026.
Does my bag fit on Wizz Air?
Smallest way it travels on Wizz Air
Carry-on
| Personal item | too big |
| Carry-on | fits |
| Checked bag | fits |
Limits read on Wizz Air’s page; measure with wheels and handles.
Sizes, fees and rules read by Radif Partners · Editorial policy · How we check
Free, Priority or hold: the three Wizz Air options
| Option | Size | Weight | How you get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carry-on bag (under the seat) | 40 × 30 × 20 cm (15.7 × 11.8 × 7.9 in) | 10 kg (22 lb) | every ticket, free |
| Trolley bag (overhead locker) | 55 × 40 × 23 cm (21.7 × 15.7 × 9.1 in) | 10 kg (22 lb) | WIZZ Priority, bought during booking |
| Checked-in bag | 149 × 119 × 171 cm (58.7 × 46.9 × 67.3 in) | 10 kg, 20 kg, 26 kg, 32 kg | paid per flight, or in WIZZ Go and WIZZ Plus |
Two features set Wizz Air apart. First, the free bag has a weight limit, 10 kg (22 lb), as well as a size: a laptop bag full of chargers can go over before it fills up. Second, the larger cabin bag is 23 cm deep, three centimetres more than the Ryanair equivalent, so a case accepted by Wizz Air on the outbound flight can be refused by another low-cost airline on the way back.
The help centre gives 40 × 30 × 20 cm for the free bag. Some strings in Wizz Air’s booking pages mention 42 × 32 × 25 cm, a larger size that the help centre does not show; this site uses the help centre figure, and so should your packing.
What it costs, in euros
Wizz Air’s help pages state amounts in euros; prices in pounds appear only once you are in the booking. Its list of services and fees is drawn in the browser, so no bag price could be read from it in text, and this site does not publish a Wizz Air bag price it has not seen. Two things are written plainly. Checked-in bags bought at the airport cost more than the same bags added in advance: the help centre says that higher baggage fees apply to extra pieces bought there. And the checked-in baggage page warns travellers to weigh their bags before they arrive, as a surcharge of €13 per kilo is due at the airport for a bag weighing between 10 and 20 kg or between 20 and 32 kg.
Hold bag over the weight you booked: the airport charge
Ryanair, at the airport
£39
| Per kilo | £13 |
| Kilos charged | 3 |
Read on the airline’s fees page; weight added online before the flight costs less.
The Wizz Air cabin page says only that exceeding the dimensions leads to extra fees; it gives no amount for a cabin bag that turns out too big at the gate. Treat any doubt as a reason to measure at home with the bag packed.
Checked-in bags: four weights, one size ceiling
Hold bags are sold at 10 kg, 20 kg, 26 kg, 32 kg. A passenger can check up to six, but no more than one of the 10 kg kind. Each must stay within 149 × 119 × 171 cm (58.7 × 46.9 × 67.3 in), a ceiling so large that only bulky items come near it. The surcharge per kilo makes the choice of weight matter: at €13 a kilo, two kilos over already cost €26 at the desk, so if your scale says more than the weight you plan to book, book the next weight up. The hold luggage page compares the weight steps of the UK airlines.
Power banks: one only, never in use
Wizz Air is the strictest UK-flying airline on power banks among the pages we read. Its restricted items page allows each person up to 20 spare batteries, but no more than 1 power bank among them, and forbids any power bank above 100 Wh. Power banks must not be used during any phase of the flight. A traveller with two power banks, accepted on easyJet or British Airways, has to leave one at home. The power bank page compares the rules.
Before you click pay
Choose between Priority and a hold bag at the booking stage, since the trolley cannot be added later on its own. Weigh the free bag as well as measuring it, because 10 kg applies under the seat too. Check the sum in pounds or euros on the final screen: the booking shows it, the help pages do not. The pages that decide are the Wizz Air cabin baggage, checked-in baggage and restricted items pages. This site is independent and is not Wizz Air.