How much should I tip a skycap at the airport?

By tradition, skycaps are tipped for their services. Generally tips are offered per piece of luggage or item; in the United States, tips of $3-5 US per item are common, with higher tips being offered for extra services such as checking overweight or excess bags or getting passengers in front of long lines.



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Airport curbside check-in porters and train porters When airport porters help you check your bags curbside, you should tip $2 for the first bag and $1 for each additional bag; over-sized bags should be tipped at a rate of $2 per bag. No tip is required if you wheel your own bags to the check-in counter.

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While tips range from $2 to $3 per bag, don't be stingy here. If you're a heavy packer and roll up with more than the usual two bags, and/or you have bags that you know are heavier than they really ought to be, tip generously.

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Skycaps handle hundreds of bags each day. About 20 percent of customers don't tip, they say, but many are quite generous, offering $5 or $10 or even $20 bills. A bad day's tips might be $100, a good day's $400. A skycap pocketing $40 an hour, working a 40-hour week could earn $80,000.

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There's no standard for tipping your airport parking shuttle driver. However, it's always kind to offer something to shuttle drivers. They work long hours driving frustrated travelers back and forth from parking to terminals. Rain or shine, heat or cold, they help people get where they need to be.

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At best, tipping is optional in an airport lounge, but it's usually appreciated nonetheless. In the United States, for example, tipping most members of a wait staff and professionals who provide a service is customary. Despite this convention, tipping in a U.S. airport lounge is not required.

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At best, tipping is optional in an airport lounge, but it's usually appreciated nonetheless. In the United States, for example, tipping most members of a wait staff and professionals who provide a service is customary. Despite this convention, tipping in a U.S. airport lounge is not required.

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Luggage attendants take your bags from reception up to your room. Whether they carry bags themselves or use a luggage cart, a small tip per bag is the norm. Recommended tip for luggage attendants: $1 per bag.

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Tip $1-5 per bag when you are escorted to your room (especially if your luggage is heavy or they prepare your room or show you around). Tip the same if you request bell staff service checking out. Tip $1-2 for getting a taxi.

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If your flight is within 72 hours, please call TSA Cares (855) 787-2227 to request assistance. TSA Cares assistance is only available for assistance through the screening checkpoint. If you need in-flight assistance or wheelchair assistance from the curb to the aircraft, please contact your airline.

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4. Don't forget to tip. Thank a wheelchair attendant with $3 to $5, or more if he or she helps with luggage or spends extra time with you. For an electric cart, tip $2 to $3.

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A skycap is a porter employed at an airport and provides the following services to airline passengers: Handles luggage, strollers, and car seats. Performs curbside check-in. Assists disabled or wheelchair passengers.

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