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I will move to the Netherlands and am searching flights to select a price I can afford.

I found easyJet and since I am moving permanently I will have plenty of stuff with me. I am booking:

  • a standard bag (25 * 20 * 45) that I can have on the plane
  • the bag of my laptop (also on the plane)
  • the rest of my stuff in two bags, one 27 kg, and one 11 kg

While booking, I found this

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First of all is the meaning of "hold bag" the bag that I put in the check-in and the one that I await when arriving, in other words, the one that I don't take with me on the plane?

Second, that says that both should be 20 kg, but my case is one 27 kg and one 11 kg, will that work?

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The hold luggage is the luggage that you check-in at the check-in / bag-drop counter when you arrive to the airport. It will not be accessible to you during the flight and you recover it at the luggage carousel after your arrival.

As written in the excellent answer of @jcaron, easyjet allows you to pool your luggage allowance across bags and even persons on the same booking, as long as no bag is heavier than 32kg. (You should consider accepting his answer instead of mine.) In my old answer I had erroneously assumed this was not possible.

Note that in the drop-down menu one can also select heavier bags,

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however their pricing scheme is such that it very quickly makes sense to add another bag instead of acquiring heavier luggage.

Regarding your intended cabin baggage, i.e. the bags you take with you on the plane, note that easyjet only allows you one such item, and taking a separate laptop bag would incur a higher charge, unless you have paid for a premium fare.

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As other have explained, "hold luggage" is another term for "checked-in luggage", and designates luggage that will go into the hold of the plane (which you check-in/drop at the departure airport, and claim at the arrival airport).

Easyjet allows you to pool your luggage allowance. From Easyjet's FAQ on Baggage:

Can I pool my hold luggage allowance with other passengers on my booking?

You can pool your total luggage weight allowance – across items and across customers – but an individual item cannot weigh more than 32 kg.

So, each passenger with two items of 20kg hold luggage has a total weight allowance of 40kg. They could pool their luggage allowance by bringing one bag weighing 23kg and one bag weighing 17kg.

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Two passengers on the same booking, each with one 20kg item of hold luggage, have a total luggage allowance of 40kg. So they could pool their combined luggage allowance by bringing one bag weighing 22kg and one bag weighing 18kg.

Note that the 32kg limit is a hard limit. They will not, ever, allow you to check-in/drop a piece of luggage weighing more than 32kg (for the safety of baggage handlers).

It's not clear whether you could have more pieces of luggage than the number booked even if it fits in the total allowance in terms of weight, but in your case (1 piece 27kg and another 11kg), 2 x 20kg will definitely allow you to check-in those two pieces of luggage.

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"Hold" is originally a nautical term usually referring to a storage compartment below decks.

So, Hold Luggage to EasyJet is the same as Checked Baggage for every other airline.

I worked with a Brit a few years back who once said something like "I just send my luggage in the hold." I remember because, while I understood it, to an American ear, it sounds strange.

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