ANA personal item size: what fits under the seat

Short answer: Ana does not publish a single fixed personal-item dimension; the rule is that it must fit under the seat in front of you. The Jelkin 25 at 25 × 17 × 14 cm is built to sit under a standard airline seat, so it qualifies as a free personal item on Ana.

ANA's Economy cabin allowance is one piece of carry-on baggage plus one personal item, with two limits on the big piece: each edge within 55 × 40 × 25 cm (21.7 × 15.7 × 9.8 in), and the three edges added together within 115 cm (45.3 in). Everything you carry on — personal item included — has to stay under 10 kg (22 lb).

ANA's one-bag rule, in centimetres and inches

The sum rule is the one to internalise, because it is not what most bag brands print on their labels. A cabin case measuring 50 × 35 × 25 cm adds to 110 cm and passes. The same case at 55 × 40 × 25 cm adds to 120 cm, fails the total, and is the size most European retailers sell as standard. If you are flying ANA with a bag bought elsewhere, do the addition before you board.

The personal item has no published dimensions. ANA describes it as one additional item such as a handbag, a camera, an umbrella or a laptop, provided it can be stowed under the seat in front of you or in the overhead compartment. Because there is no figure, the carry-on box is the sensible thing to measure against.

Does 25 × 17 × 14 cm clear ANA's under-seat space?

Edge by edge against ANA's carry-on box: 25 cm against 55 cm leaves 30 cm (11.8 in) of slack; 17 cm against 40 cm leaves 23 cm (9.1 in); 14 cm against 25 cm leaves 11 cm (4.3 in). The three edges add to 56 cm (22 in) against the 115 cm (45.3 in) total, so there is 59 cm (23.2 in) of headroom.

Now the part that matters in the cabin rather than on paper. On ANA's 787-8 and 787-9 economy seats, the under-seat space is interrupted by the in-flight entertainment box under some seat positions, which means the usable depth is shallower than it looks at the aisle. Push the bag to the outer half of the space, away from the box, and it will sit flat. A 25 × 17 × 14 cm bag is small enough that this is a nudge rather than a problem, and a few of the space-saving packing habits keep it that way when the bag is full.

How the 10 kg total is enforced on ANA

ANA weighs carry-on at the check-in counter on international departures more consistently than any US carrier does, and the 10 kg figure includes your personal item. The 600 g bag is 6% of the allowance, and the empty weight of the bag is the one number you cannot reduce. A realistic load — a phone at 195 g, a slim card holder at 130 g, a compact camera at 290 g, a 350 ml bottle at 400 g, sunglasses in a hard case at 140 g, a small pouch with cables at 110 g, a paperback at 240 g and keys at 55 g — comes to about 1.6 kg. Bag and contents together sit near 2.2 kg, leaving roughly 7.8 kg (17.2 lb).

On domestic flights the weighing is looser, and the binding constraint is bin space rather than weight.

ANA Wings and the turboprop exception

ANA's regional arm, ANA Wings, operates the Dash 8-Q400 along with mainline narrowbodies on routes such as Haneda to Kochi, Osaka to Miyazaki and Sapporo to Wakkanai. The Q400's overhead bins are shallow, and ANA lists a smaller carry-on allowance for these aircraft than for the 787 and 777. In practice wheeled bags are collected at the aircraft door and returned to you on the apron at arrival, at no charge.

That is the moment when a small under-seat bag earns its keep: your passport, boarding pass, phone and wallet stay with you while the big piece goes into the hold for forty minutes. The airport day bag checklist is built around exactly that handover.

Domestic-to-international connections at Haneda

A connection from a domestic arrival to an international departure at Haneda means a terminal change and a fresh security screening, and the same is true in reverse. Documents, medication and electronics need to be in the bag you keep on you, not in the piece that gets gate-checked. The passport and adapter fit test is a reasonable checklist.

One check before you board an ANA flight

Pack the bag, place it on a table and measure the depth at the front panel where the turn-lock sits, because that is the stiffest part of the shell and the first place a padded bag gains a centimetre or two. If it reads over 14 cm, take the paperback out and carry it in your hand: a padded bag recovers its shape once it is empty, but it will not compress by three centimetres under a strap. The Jelkin 25 Cloud Bag is predictable in that respect — the shell holds its 14 cm whether the bag is half full or packed.

Allowances change with route, fare type, season and aircraft. The figures below were checked against the airline’s public baggage pages in October 2026 and are given as a guide only — always confirm on the airline’s own site before you fly, and measure your bag packed rather than empty. CloudFlirty is not affiliated with any airline mentioned here.

Frequently asked questions

Does ANA publish personal item dimensions?

No. The rule is functional rather than numeric — one additional item such as a handbag or camera, stowed under the seat or in the overhead compartment.

Does ANA weigh the personal item?

It counts in the 10 kg combined total, and counters on international departures do weigh. Weigh both pieces together at home if you are close.

Is the 115 cm total really enforced?

It is the published rule, and sizers at Japanese gates are built around it. A bag that satisfies each edge individually can still fail the total.

Can I take a 25 cm bag on ANA Wings turboprop flights?

Yes. Small aircraft are exactly where a compact under-seat bag is more useful than a wheeled case.

Will a 13-inch laptop fit?

No. A 25 × 17 × 14 cm bag takes an iPad Mini, a paperback and a small camera, but not a laptop — the personal item guide sets out what to do instead.

Check it against the others: the airline personal item size checker puts this allowance next to 18 other carriers and tells you whether a 25 × 17 × 14 cm bag passes.

Questions people ask

What size personal item does Ana allow?

Ana does not state one hard number; the test is "fits under the seat in front of you." Anything that does is a free personal item.

Does a 25 × 17 × 14 cm bag fit Ana?

Yes. The Jelkin 25 is sized to tuck under a standard airline seat, so it clears Ana's under-seat test with room to spare.

Is the personal item free on Ana?

One personal item that fits under the seat is included free in addition to your carry-on on standard fares.