Can you get away with overweight baggage on flights from Nha Trang?
Based on 3 discussions with 5 participants · Last activity: 11 days ago
TL;DR
Minor overweight under 1 kg is usually tolerated, and hand luggage in bags often goes unweighed. Groups may also pool their total baggage allowance.
What the community said
On Azur Air, excess baggage could be handled at Cam Ranh airport even when adding baggage in advance was not possible: staff calculated the total excess at check-in and sent passengers to a separate desk, where the fee was $25 per 10 kg. Payment was accepted in USD cash, VND cash, or by QR code via the Azur site.
11 days ago Azur Air — $25 per 10 kg
On an Aeroflot flight from Nha Trang to Moscow, hand luggage was barely checked: passengers got through with backpacks weighing about 10 and 7 kg, plus fruit baskets of roughly 8 and 6 kg. No hand-luggage tags were added, and the baskets were not separately inspected.
11 days ago Aeroflot — Nha Trang → Moscow
On Ikar at Cam Ranh, nearby passengers were reportedly allowed through with up to 4 kg overweight per suitcase without paying extra, while hand luggage was not checked at all. That is noticeably more lenient than cases where even 1 kg triggered issues.
11 days ago Ikar — up to 4 kg overweight
Azur Air can also be very strict: with baggage limits of 10/10/25 kg, one set of bags at 10.4 / 10.8 / 24.7 kg was accepted, but a nearby passenger was told to pay for just 200 g of excess. Backpacks in cabin baggage may be weighed together, while small personal bags are usually ignored.
11 days ago Azur Air — 200 g excess sent for payment
On Nordwind on 27 June, it was possible to pre-purchase an extra 10 kg of baggage for a little over $60 one day before departure. The same passengers were also allowed onboard with 10 kg of hand luggage plus a fruit basket of about 10 kg, even though this airline is often described as strict on other flights.
11 days ago Nordwind — extra 10 kg for $60+
On an Azur Air flight in April, fruit baskets were treated as a separate item and charged separately. To avoid extra fees, it was better to repack the fruit into checked baggage or cabin baggage within the normal allowance.
11 days ago Azur Air — basket treated as a separate item
On a VietJet flight with a 15 kg allowance, three passengers each had 2–3 kg overweight — no one said anything and they all flew without issues.
11 days ago VietJet: 2–3 kg overweight on 15 kg allowance
On Air Astana, a fruit basket weighing 8 kg was taken as carry-on and passed without issue. On VietJet the previous year, a 1 kg suitcase overweight was not allowed through and items had to be redistributed.
11 days ago Air Astana: 8 kg basket as carry-on
On an Ikar Airlines flight from Nha Trang, a 1 kg overweight on each of two suitcases was waved through without issue. Carry-on was X-rayed but not scrutinised for weight or contents.
11 days ago Ikar Airlines (Nha Trang): 1 kg overweight — allowed through
On VietJet, carry-on luggage (a backpack clearly over the limit) was not weighed on departure from Bangkok (Suvarnabhumi) to Cam Ranh.
11 days ago VietJet: Bangkok → Cam Ranh, carry-on not weighed
On a Pegas / Nordwind charter, the allowance was 10 kg checked + 10 kg carry-on, and overweight was enforced strictly — passengers ahead in line were sent to sort out excess weight. Extra baggage could only be paid for if seats remained available after check-in closed. That said, one traveller managed to bring two backpacks totalling ~16 kg as carry-on, since staff at the gate weren't closely counting bags — just avoid drawing attention.
11 days ago Nordwind (Pegas charter): 10 kg hold + 10 kg carry-on
A small backpack can be worn on the shoulders and covered with a jacket at the checkpoint — some passengers got through unnoticed this way without the bag being weighed or counted.
11 days ago