Now you can bring a heavier bag as Qantas increases carry-on allowance

A win for commonsense. Thanks Qantas for listening to your customers.

A positive 'enhancement' for a change. Fantastic to see common sense prevail!

They must have read my complaint deeply and thoroughly. It was common sense I’ve checked in a bag and you are hounding me for 8kg-9kg of normal stuff in my carry on bag.

Hang on.... Last month any bags over 7kg were a health & safety risk for crew, but now bags 7-10kg are fine?! Curiously no mention of crew health & safety issues in this latest policy change.....

Good move.

It seemed very strange that you could pay extra on Jetstar to be able to take 10kg carry-on, whilst QF was still limited to a 7kg limit per bag.

Thanks Goodness. Although most pax would be between the 7-10kg anyway, it makes so much sense. Thanks qantas for listening.

Well done Qantas. Thanks David for the early good news reporting

Good move and some common sense used in moving this issue forward. A welcome change. Have had to check luggage in on the last few domestic flights and even with platinum status there really is not priority on luggage based on my experience. I factor in 20 minutes as a minimum to get checked in luggage.

Backward move. If you have that much stuff, check it in. Why the hell does anyone need 14kg of carry on that they won't/don't use on a flight as short as an hour ?

Waiting for VA to match :)

common sense prevails, had recent flight where the bags took 3 days to catch up with me, the carry on was a life saver..

Same for Jetstar PLEASE??? They tried charging me $50 when my bag was 7.1kg last month.

It only makes sense if they are going to vigorously enforce these limits. Carry-on is a constant source of frustration and the amount of available space hasn't increased so if this isn't enforced, the chaos on-board will increase.

While a great 'enhancement' this should have been the strategy from the outset. What they did had many fliers disrupted, upset and also placed cabin crew under pressure at check-in. My bag was 1 cm too large in one dimension! ( but under in the other two dimensions - 114CM all up) and after 3 years of using it no problem all of a sudden I was forced to check-it in or buy a new one because of this ill thought strategy. What a ridiculous state of affairs this trial was Qantas. QF 'Brains Trust' may well be in need of some vitamin E tablets next time before these things are considered and implemented.

Sense prevails..

So before with a 7kg limit passengers would carry on 10kg.

Did the flight prices just go up a few dollars???

If Qantas could deliver bags faster (particularly in Melbourne where 20mins seems to be the KPI), maybe more people would be inclined to check bags in.

Hypocrisy from JQ and TT exposed. The "weight safety" issue was never an issue because on TT you can increase your cabin bag weight to 12kg by paying an extra fee which is more than the cost of a checked-in bag. Purely a means to extract more revenue.

This is a great development; but as a few have mentioned the key issue will be enforcing these new limits. Whilst they are quite generous its a regular occurrence to see the people who think they can have an exception to any rule. Whether that is checking in times, bag size and weight limits, phone usage... Even if this was 20kgs they would push it...

Purely marketing to get a edge over the others. The only safety issue was a small person trying to lift their 10-12kg bag up to the overhead stowage compartment. This had an element of danger to nearby passengers. In this situation, the bag should have been stowed and not carried on, but then, like everybody else, they didn’t want to wait at the carousel.

Here's hoping Virgin match QF asap!

Seems completely illogical that it was for staff safety.

Q.Who is liable when a passenger in their haste to disembark ,or when loading / retrieving their carry on just can’t handle the weight / size of the bag and it drops or swings onto / into the hapless passenger sitting below the overhead bin?

This is great common sense. My wife and I travel the world with cabin luggage only. Tight but achievable. Now we need

Great news and highlights Qantas does listen to feedback. Well done

Fantastic news about the luggage increase. Just a little dismayed to see so many comments about the expectation for crew to lift the 10kg bags into the overhead lockers. I wouldn’t dream of handing my heavy cabin bag to anyone to lift up. Anyone in a position requiring assistance with a heavy bag should really just be checking them in.

Just last week a flight out or MEL which was delayed by 40mins saw the staff stop and insist on weighing every bag! So much for common sense. Many PAX had tight connections so further delaying departure was ridiculous.

JQ is QF. TT is VA. Domestically they fly the same planes. There is absolutely no reason why LCCs should have different weight restrictions [except for fleecing us]. 7 kgs is ridiculous, when a trolley can weigh 2-3 kgs when empty. Another respondent was correct...size is the main problem and that should be enforced.

Perfect! Flown 4 times with the 7kg enforced rule with a 9kg bag and every time was having a minimum 40 minute wait at the baggage carousel.

“satchel or slim briefcase.” or a handbag for the female readers.

Adampies I had the same explanation: "Health & Safety issues" when I was surprised by the low weight allowed in economy carryons.. We had to take heavy items from my wife carry on and put them in a coat pocket so all was OK. I could not help annoying the agent by pointing out that in business a higher weight was accepted and so Qantas clearly did not care about the health and safety of business travellers.

This is a nonsense discussion. It s all irrelevant if the boarding staff don't enforce the limits. Ive NEVER been checked at the gate (Gold FF with both airlines) and have lost count of the times Ive seen people carry 2 bags, a seperate shopping bag from Aldi with snacks, plus a backpack, a watermelon sized handbag and those ridiculous large over ear headphones. The bored checkin staff barely look up. I have been weighed at checkin for a jetstar flight to DPS from BNE but they were pleasant and reasonable and did not charge us, as we were 3kg over in one bag but daughters bag was 2 kg under.

Are the rules fir International carry-on changing also?

Bizarre headline...”Business travellers the winners”.... it applies to all passengers.

Nobody should be congratulating Qantas for this commonsense move. The idiots should never have brought the limit down to 7kg in the first place.

I am a short woman and have never been offered help to lift my luggage by staff either in economy nor business class. When my son was very little occasionally other passengers would help ( they did so spontaneously- lovely people) . So like others I was always perplexed by the concern about staff safety.

Welcome common sense move that should cover the majority of business traveller needs. Will still need enforcement for non-ff holiday shoppers.

I would love to see this also curtail the wheelie bag + the back pack + the multiple designer shopping bags filled with everything from neck cushions to leggo (anything but the Prada on the outside) that seem to be in the too hard basket or the exception to stop. You know the ones I mean...

Perhaps QF could learn from Alaska with their guarantee on baggage delivery time to the carousel to encourage more people to check their bags.

Sigh.... Really.

Why not the 23kg limit of British airways? (Which applies to Y as well as J fares throughout Europe and uk domestic)

While the increased allowance is good for some, it's the way some passengers put their bag in the overhead that has annoyed me. Put it in the first available space, even if it is no where near your seat. Get it in and take up as much space as possible.

I think this is a sensible decision as 7kg was fairly limiting. I would like to see Qantas (and all airlines for that fact) impose the said limit on the number of items people bring onto planes. On a recent flight from Adelaide to Sydney a passenger had two wheel-ons, a small backpack/rucksack and her handbag!

I agree, it's how people put their bags in the lockers as well as the number of bags. I only carry large handbag with essentials and medications. Fits below seat. Happy to wait 20mins for checked bags, time to stretch legs. Enjoy the journey😁😎