IndiGo raises fees for excess baggage, infant travel and priority services
IndiGo has increased charges across ancillary services, including excess baggage, infant tickets, unaccompanied-minor travel, Fast Forward priority access and travel certificates, raising the cost of add-on services for domestic and international passengers.
What happened
IndiGo has raised charges for excess baggage, infant tickets, unaccompanied-minor travel, Fast Forward priority services and travel certificates, increasing
Key facts
- Excess baggage: ₹800 per additional kg, up from ₹700
- Infant pre-booking ticket: ₹2,250, up from ₹2,000
- Infant airport-counter ticket: ₹3,000, up from ₹2,500
- Domestic unaccompanied-minor service: ₹5,999, up from ₹5,000
- International unaccompanied-minor service: ₹12,999
What changed
IndiGo has raised charges for excess baggage, infant tickets, unaccompanied-minor travel, Fast Forward priority services and travel certificates, increasing ancillary-service costs for domestic and international passengers.
Why this matters
IndiGo’s ancillary-fee increases strengthen per-passenger revenue but require careful customer communication to limit dissatisfaction among price-sensitive travelers.
What to watch
- Quarterly ancillary revenue per passenger and total non-ticket revenue growth.
- Changes in checked-baggage volumes, Fast Forward uptake and infant-ticket bookings after the price increase.
- Competitor fee revisions, bundled-fare launches and family-travel promotions from Air India, Akasa Air and SpiceJet.
- Customer complaints, social-media sentiment and booking-abandonment rates during ancillary checkout.
- Domestic passenger load factors and fare discounting on routes where IndiGo faces the strongest competition.