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One item of carry-on baggage is limited to 45 linear inches (length + width + height) and 40 pounds. Additional personal item carried in passengers’ cabin must be rather light, small and handy item that can be easily managed by passenger during the flight. For instance, this can be a laptop computer, reasonable quantity of reading materials, walking stick or crutches, overcoat or wrap, reasonable quantity of foods intended for in-flight consumption, child seat, or wheelchair, etc. Note that it is recommended to carry all valuable and fragile items (except of large items) in your carry-on bag. This includes jewelry, currencies, keys, documents and other valuable papers. Also note that your carry-on baggage must fit underneath the seat or in overhead compartment and make no impediment for other passengers during the flight. In case if there is something large, but extremely fragile and valuable (for instance big antique vase) you can carry it in passengers’ cabin having purchased a seat near you for applicable adult fare.
Checked baggage limitations may vary for different destination and in very rare cases may also depend on capacity of baggage compartment of a particular aircraft. Generally two pieces of checked baggage limited to 62 linear inches and 50 pounds each are allowed on domestic flights. Passengers traveling on international flights originating from US are allowed to carry three pieces of checked baggage limited to 70 pounds and 62 linear inches. Each piece of checked baggage exceeding the limit of 62 inches, but not larger than 160 linear inches is carried for $80 service fee. Each piece of checked baggage exceeding the limit of 50 pounds (domestic limit) and 70 pounds (international limit), but not exceeding 100 pounds will be carried for $25 (domestic flights) and $50 (international flights). Any piece of checked baggage exceeding either size (160 linear inches), or weight (100 pounds) limits, or both limits together will not be accepted on passengers’ aircraft and must be carried by Northwest Cargo, or other means arranged by passenger. In case if you are planning to carry more than two pieces (domestic limit) or three pieces (international limit) of checked baggage, you will be charged $80 for first excess piece, $105 for next three excess pieces and $180 for all further pieces of checked baggage. These excess pieces of checked baggage mustn’t exceed allowed limits of size and weight.
Unaccompanied Minors service is available for all destinations for children between 5 and 14 years old traveling without adults of at least 18 years old. The same service is applicable for adolescents between 15 and 17 years old at request. Note that Unaccompanied Minors service is obligatory for all children between 5 and 14 years old not accompanied by adult(s) of at least 18 years old, regardless of destination. Unaccompanied minors between 5 and 7 years old are accepted on nonstop and direct flights only. Children between 5 and 14 years old are neither accepted on red-eye flights (flights departing between 21:00 and 5:00, except of international flights, domestic flights shorter than 2 hours and flights to or from Alaska and Hawaii), nor on last flight of the day. Children between 8 and 14 years old are accepted on nonstop, direct and connecting flights, except of last connecting flight of the day. Unaccompanied minors are not accepted on international flights connecting to any other carrier, except of Northwest code-share partners. $50 service fee is charged for each unaccompanied minor traveling on nonstop or direct domestic flight and $75 service fee is charged for each unaccompanied minor traveling on connecting domestic flight. $60 service fee is charged for each unaccompanied minor traveling on nonstop or direct international flight and $90 service fee is c charged for each unaccompanied minor traveling on connecting international flight. Note that one service fee is applied to four unaccompanied minors traveling together and even more children can be carried under one service fee, if they are relatives.
Summary
Northwest Airlines was founded in 1926 as a mail carrier and quickly grew fourth world’s largest airline in terms of transportation of passengers and cargos to major business centers, leisure and vacation destinations of the world. Unlike the majority of worldwide airlines, Northwest always tries to be on the cutting edge of airline technologies implementing modern services and establishing new routes thus facilitating passengers processing and all related services improving air travel safety, enjoyment and convenience. Moreover, Northwest Airlines is a pioneer of global alliances that allow passengers to easily reach any particular destination in the world with help of connecting flights concept, they were first deploying self-service kiosks allowing customers to get boarding passes, change seats and do current day flight booking, they have new automated boarding control that saves up to 30 percent of time on international and up to 50 percent on domestic flights, they have newly implemented Aircraft Maintenance System that constantly controls current state of all aircraft’s systems and mechanisms improving safety of flights and finally they were fist implementing visual control over engines and other systems and mechanisms during the flight. These and many other innovations and unique services will make your traveling experience with northwest simply unforgettable, because there’s nothing easier to reach one of 750 destinations in the world on one of 1500 flights daily operated from Northwest headquarters, major hub in Detroit and secondary hubs in Memphis, Minneapolis and Tokyo. Powerful fleet consisting of more than 400 modern aircrafts and professional team of more than 40000 Northwest employees worldwide are at your service. Generally, NWA routes are covering North and South America (together with Hawaii and Alaska), Western Europe, Middle East, Japan and Africa (codeshare flights).Check-in time
Passengers traveling on domestic flights and on flights between US and Canada are allowed to check-in up to 75 minutes prior to departure of the flight. Passengers traveling on international flights including Mexico and the Caribbean are allowed to check-in up to two hours prior to departure of the flight. These are recommended times that allow enough time for all procedures, however, check-in and boarding gate deadlines are a bit different. Passengers traveling on domestic flights and flights between US and Canada are required to check-in at least 30 minutes prior to scheduled departure of the flight (boarding gate deadline is 15 minutes). Exceptions are flights to Denver, Atlanta, Newark, Los Angeles, Tampa and Washington, where check-in deadline is 45 minutes and 60 minutes on flights to Las Vegas. On international flights checking-in stops in an hour prior to departure of the flight and boarding gate deadline is 30 minutes.Baggage allowance
Northwest Airlines allows two items of checked baggage, one item of carry-on baggage and one personal item carried in passengers’ cabin. It is strongly recommended to attach additional label specifying airports of origin and destination, name and contact information of the owner inside each piece of checked baggage. Two pieces of checked baggage, one piece of carry on baggage and one personal item meeting requirements and limitations specified below are carried for free per each ticketed passenger. Note that baggage allowance is same for the majority of destinations within US, but may differ for some international destinations. Therefore it is recommended to contact travel agent and find out conditions and limitations of a particular destination to prevent unwanted occasions. For instance it is prohibited to import some pets to Hawaii and there are special regulations regarding transportation of liquids on all flights.One item of carry-on baggage is limited to 45 linear inches (length + width + height) and 40 pounds. Additional personal item carried in passengers’ cabin must be rather light, small and handy item that can be easily managed by passenger during the flight. For instance, this can be a laptop computer, reasonable quantity of reading materials, walking stick or crutches, overcoat or wrap, reasonable quantity of foods intended for in-flight consumption, child seat, or wheelchair, etc. Note that it is recommended to carry all valuable and fragile items (except of large items) in your carry-on bag. This includes jewelry, currencies, keys, documents and other valuable papers. Also note that your carry-on baggage must fit underneath the seat or in overhead compartment and make no impediment for other passengers during the flight. In case if there is something large, but extremely fragile and valuable (for instance big antique vase) you can carry it in passengers’ cabin having purchased a seat near you for applicable adult fare.
Checked baggage limitations may vary for different destination and in very rare cases may also depend on capacity of baggage compartment of a particular aircraft. Generally two pieces of checked baggage limited to 62 linear inches and 50 pounds each are allowed on domestic flights. Passengers traveling on international flights originating from US are allowed to carry three pieces of checked baggage limited to 70 pounds and 62 linear inches. Each piece of checked baggage exceeding the limit of 62 inches, but not larger than 160 linear inches is carried for $80 service fee. Each piece of checked baggage exceeding the limit of 50 pounds (domestic limit) and 70 pounds (international limit), but not exceeding 100 pounds will be carried for $25 (domestic flights) and $50 (international flights). Any piece of checked baggage exceeding either size (160 linear inches), or weight (100 pounds) limits, or both limits together will not be accepted on passengers’ aircraft and must be carried by Northwest Cargo, or other means arranged by passenger. In case if you are planning to carry more than two pieces (domestic limit) or three pieces (international limit) of checked baggage, you will be charged $80 for first excess piece, $105 for next three excess pieces and $180 for all further pieces of checked baggage. These excess pieces of checked baggage mustn’t exceed allowed limits of size and weight.
Child Fares
Generally, no special fares are applied on all of Northwest flights. However, there are special infant and child fares on particular routes and also depend on a particular destination and season of the year. Great group discounts are available for all destinations for children traveling together. Group discounts are available for groups containing from 10 to 15, from 15 to 20 and 20+ members groups. Besides of that minors traveling on adults lap are carried for free on domestic flights and are charged 10 percent of applicable adult fare on international flights. Contact travel agent to learn more about discounts and special fares available for a particular destination or flight.Unaccompanied Minors service is available for all destinations for children between 5 and 14 years old traveling without adults of at least 18 years old. The same service is applicable for adolescents between 15 and 17 years old at request. Note that Unaccompanied Minors service is obligatory for all children between 5 and 14 years old not accompanied by adult(s) of at least 18 years old, regardless of destination. Unaccompanied minors between 5 and 7 years old are accepted on nonstop and direct flights only. Children between 5 and 14 years old are neither accepted on red-eye flights (flights departing between 21:00 and 5:00, except of international flights, domestic flights shorter than 2 hours and flights to or from Alaska and Hawaii), nor on last flight of the day. Children between 8 and 14 years old are accepted on nonstop, direct and connecting flights, except of last connecting flight of the day. Unaccompanied minors are not accepted on international flights connecting to any other carrier, except of Northwest code-share partners. $50 service fee is charged for each unaccompanied minor traveling on nonstop or direct domestic flight and $75 service fee is charged for each unaccompanied minor traveling on connecting domestic flight. $60 service fee is charged for each unaccompanied minor traveling on nonstop or direct international flight and $90 service fee is c charged for each unaccompanied minor traveling on connecting international flight. Note that one service fee is applied to four unaccompanied minors traveling together and even more children can be carried under one service fee, if they are relatives.