Flying with a surfboard on LIFT
Checked bag or sports fee · up to 200 cm · 23 kg. Fee: R300 per bag at the airport; online price not stated; plus R200 if the bag weighs 23 to 32 kg.
Booking: Buy a checked bag in Manage Booking (online up to 24 h before departure) or at the airport
- surfboards, bodyboards, kiteboards and SUPs accepted; the board counts as one of your checked bags
- max 200 x 80 x 75 cm and 23 kg; longer or heavier items must be couriered, so check with LIFT first
- Economy No-Bag fare has no checked bag; Premium includes one sports item up to 23 kg
- remove fins where possible and pad nose, tail and rails
- routes are Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban and Réunion (Wikipedia, Dec 2025); no Gqeberha
LIFT's sports baggage page · checked 2026-11. Rules and fees change: check before you fly.
Surf trips on LIFT
Cape Town, Durban.