Excess Baggage for Athletes Excess baggage can represent a serious cost implication for competing athletes. Traveleads negotiates on your behalf, to ensure that the price you pay is not supplemented by high baggage charges and is pleased to announce special bonus baggage allowances have been agreed by British Airways for national representative teams. If you have a team travelling to an international event, who may be carrying excess equipment, Traveleads take this additional cost item into account, at the time of quoting for your trip, removing the hassle of baggage charges at the check in desk. Ask for details of the British Airways sports team baggage allowances when you book and our consultants wil lgive you route-specific information.