What Jet2 charges to fly with golf clubs to Faro, its 22kg allowance, and why pre-booking matters more here than with other airlines.
Jet2 flies a huge number of golfers into Faro every year, and if you're bringing your own clubs rather than renting, there's one detail that catches people out more with Jet2 than with other airlines: pre-booking isn't just cheaper, it's expected. Here's how Jet2 handles golf clubs, what it costs, and why booking early matters more here than it does with some other carriers.
How Jet2 classifies golf clubs
Golf clubs travel with Jet2 as sports equipment, in the hold only — there's no cabin option for a golf bag. It's booked and paid for as its own item, separate from your normal checked suitcase, so it doesn't eat into or share weight with your regular hold luggage allowance.
Weight limits
Jet2's golf allowance covers bags up to 22kg, slightly more generous than the 20kg most other low-cost carriers allow, which gives a bit more breathing room for a full set plus shoes and extras. Go over that and you're charged an excess rate of roughly £12 per kilo on top. As always, weighing the bag before you leave home is worth the two minutes it takes.
What it costs — and why booking early actually matters
Golf clubs with Jet2 typically cost from around £30 / €30 per item, per one-way flight, when pre-booked — cheaper than adding them later. Prices can vary by route and season, so treat this as a guide figure and check the exact cost shown when you book.
The bigger point with Jet2 specifically: sports equipment space is limited on each flight, and golf routes into the Algarve are exactly the kind of route that can sell out in peak summer. Jet2 recommends booking golf clubs at the same time as your flights rather than leaving it until later — if you wait, you're not just risking a higher price, you're risking the airline not being able to fit your clubs on that flight at all.
How to add golf clubs to your booking
Add sports equipment during the initial flight booking, or afterwards through Manage My Booking on the Jet2 website or app — do this as early as possible rather than waiting for departure week, for the reason above. If you booked through a travel agent or as part of a Jet2holidays package, ask them to add it at the same time rather than sorting it separately later. Use a solid padded or hard-shell travel cover — hold luggage gets thrown around, and a thin cover won't stop a shaft bending or a driver head cracking in transit.
The alternative: rent clubs right at Faro Airport
Between the pre-booking pressure and paying the fee on both legs, quite a few Jet2 passengers heading to the Algarve decide it isn't worth the hassle and rent when they arrive instead. Two rental operators are based right at Faro Airport (FAO) — one with a desk in arrivals, another at a departures-terminal counter — so you can walk off the plane and either carry a set out with you or have it sent ahead to your hotel or first round.
Worth a look before you commit either way: our club rental shops page covers every rental operator across the Algarve, airport-based or not, with what each one charges and where they'll deliver to.
Bottom line
Jet2 isn't a difficult airline to fly with your own set, but it does punish leaving things late — book the sports equipment slot when you book the flights, not the week before, and you'll pay less and avoid any risk of it not fitting on the plane. If that timing pressure puts you off, renting on arrival at Faro sidesteps the whole issue.
