Archive · 18 Sep 2026
IndiGo Raises Infant, Baggage and Priority Service Charges
IndiGo has made several extra travel services more expensive.
Families travelling with a baby must now pay ₹3,000 for the infant’s ticket.
Babies travel on an accompanying adult’s lap and do not receive a separate seat.
Passengers with extra luggage must pay ₹800 for every additional kilogram at the airport.
Priority check-in and boarding through Fast Forward now costs ₹650 per domestic sector.
Children travelling without an adult and passengers requesting travel certificates will also pay more.
These services are added to the basic airfare when passengers use them.
IndiGo says some add-ons, such as excess baggage, can be booked separately or avoided.
IndiGo raised its domestic infant fee to ₹3,000 per infant per sector from ₹2,000.
Airport excess-baggage charges increased to ₹800 per kilogram from ₹700.
Fast Forward priority check-in and boarding now costs ₹650 per domestic passenger per sector.
Unaccompanied-minor fees rose to ₹5,999 domestically and ₹12,999 internationally.
Travel certificates now cost ₹300 instead of ₹200, while reports differ on Fast Forward’s earlier price: ₹450 or ₹500.
- Who
- IndiGo and passengers using its infant, baggage, priority, unaccompanied-minor or travel-certificate services.
- What
- IndiGo revised and increased several ancillary service fees.
- When
- The changes are reported under an updated fee structure; the articles do not provide a specific effective date.
- Where
- The changes apply to IndiGo services, with domestic charges specified and an international unaccompanied-minor fee also reported.
- Why
- The reports say airlines use ancillary charges to supplement revenue from base fares, although the articles do not give a specific reason from IndiGo.
- Domestic infant fee
- ₹3,000 per infant per sector, up from ₹2,000; infants aged three days to two years travel on an adult’s lap.
- Airport excess baggage
- ₹800 per kilogram, up from ₹700; applicable domestic fares include up to 15 kilograms of checked baggage in one piece.
- Fast Forward priority service
- ₹650 per passenger per domestic sector for priority check-in and anytime boarding.
- Earlier Fast Forward charge
- Reports differ: some cite ₹450, while another cites ₹500; all report the new charge as ₹650.
- Unaccompanied minor fee
- ₹5,999 for domestic travel, up from ₹5,000; ₹12,999 for international flights.
- Travel certificate fee
- ₹300, up from ₹200.
- Reported revenue impact
- One report estimates that about 10 lakh infant passengers and the full ₹1,000 increase could produce roughly ₹100 crore in additional gross revenue.
Sources
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