the american airline American Airlines announced that the cost of the second suitcase in their flights to Cuba It will be 200 dollars, a figure scandalously higher than the 65 dollar rate, in force until last April 26.
According to the information posted on your websitethe airline will allow its customers who travel to the Island the possibility of doing so with only two checked bags, while authorizing the transfer of up to five pieces of luggage on its flights to South America, the Caribbean and Central America.
Among the specifications on the luggage of travelers to Cuba, it is established that each suitcase must have a maximum weight of 32 kilograms (70 pounds), to which one hand luggage and one personal item may be added for each passenger “without exceptions”.
According to information from the company, the new baggage fee will apply to tickets purchased after April 26, 2022 for travel from next May 3.
Remember the information that for tickets issued before May 11, 2021, the billing of the second suitcase will be charged at 40 dollars, and for those purchased between May 12, 2021 and before April 26, 2022, it will be 65 dollars.
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The baggage policy regarding travel to USA from Cuba they remain unchanged, since the two standard-size suitcases remain free of charge. It is also maintained that on round trips originating in Cuba, when returning to the Island the first suitcase is free.
The announcement represents a new inconvenience for those who use American Airlines on their trips to the island. Generally, they are Cuban-Americans who travel with excess luggage to alleviate the needs of their families in the midst of the acute economic crisis that the Caribbean nation is experiencing.
Last January, the company had announced a substantial reduction in its tickets for round trips to Cuba to around 385 dollars, after a long time in which those tickets exceeded 1,000 dollars, largely due to the few flights allowed. by the Cuban authorities, as a measure to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.
The new measure aims to once again make the company’s flights to Cuba more expensive by around 700 dollars for round-trip tickets, according to experts who have addressed the issue.
American Airlines currently operates four daily roundtrip frequencies to the “José Martí” International Airport in Havana, only destination allowed after the restrictive measures on the subject adopted by the Trump administration.
