Climbing and Expedition Gear: Getting It From Arlanda

Every vehicle category has one combined luggage budget rather than separate limits for each bag type — a large case or duffel counts as two units, a smaller bag as one, and you spend that budget however your gear is actually split.

• Standard, Electric and Business: 4 passengers, a 6-unit luggage budget — 2 large bags + 2 cabin bags, or 4 cabin bags
• SUV / XL: 6 passengers, a 10-unit luggage budget, up to 4 large cases
• Minibus: 8 passengers, an 18-unit luggage budget, up to 8 large cases

A single climber with one large gear duffel and one smaller pack is already three units before anyone else's bags are counted. Two climbers each carrying that much puts you at six units before rope bags or hard cases are added — a Standard car's whole budget for two people alone. A full team with shared gear, rope bags and multiple large duffels is usually a Minibus situation, not because of passenger count but because of volume.

A rope bag or an ice axe case is often more awkward in shape than heavy, which is a different problem from the unit count. Mention anything unusually long or oddly shaped in your booking notes, alongside your total bag count — we confirm it fits before pickup rather than finding out at the kerb.

Gear on the way home from an expedition often weighs more and smells worse than it did on the way out, and might include shared team equipment you didn't carry outbound. If your return load is meaningfully bigger than your outbound one, it's worth booking that leg as its own decision rather than assuming the same category will do — mention the change in your notes so it's confirmed properly.