Short answer: don't pay excess-baggage fees at the airport. Ship the extra weight with BASMA Global from your hotel in Istanbul to your home in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait, Qatar or Bahrain as a shipment independent of your ticket: 5 kg $36.30 · 10 kg $57.30 · 20 kg $99.30 · 30 kg $135 · from 50 kg $3.90/kg (UAE $3.40), including air freight, clearance procedures and door delivery, usually arriving 2–4 days after departure.
| Weight (kg) | Saudi Arabia |
|---|---|
| 5 | $36.3 |
| 10 | $57.3 |
| 15 | $78.3 |
| 20 | $99.3 |
| Weight (kg) | Per kg | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | $5 | $100 |
| 25 | $4.75 | $119 |
| 30 | $4.5 | $135 |
| 40 | $4.2 | $168 |
| 50 | $3.9 | $195 |
The price includes pickup from your address in Istanbul depending on location (often free), air freight, customs-clearance procedures and door-to-door delivery. It does not include duties or taxes that the destination customs may charge on personal shipments, nor packing. Chargeable weight is the greater of actual and volumetric weight (L × W × H in cm ÷ 5000), rounded to the nearest 0.5 kg up to 20 kg.
We do not accept batteries of any kind or devices containing a battery (including phones); perfumes and liquids have conditions by destination. Send a photo of the contents before pickup.
No, it is fully independent of your ticket and flight; we pick up in Istanbul and you receive at home.
Bank transfer, cash or card at the office, or pay the shipping fee on delivery for a $5 fee plus destination-country tax.
Our packing service is available; tell us the contents and we define the packing and its cost before shipping.
Source: BASMA Global published price table (27 September 2026) · reviewed 24 October 2026 · customs reference: Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (Saudi Arabia).
