With regard to hand luggage, you can take one bag each max 5kg per person and the bag must not be above a certain size. Your handbag will be counted as your hand luggage bag. The official rules for Thomas Cook Airlines are.....I have checked the paper work and it says we are flying Thomas Cook Airlines All passengers receive a complementary hand baggage allowance of 5kgs when travelling on a Thomas Cook Airline flights.his time it is about luggage. There are 4 of us (2 adults 2 children) when we booked the holiday with Thomas Cook we were told it was 15kg per person for hold luggage and 5kg per person for hand luggage. He rep said we could add the 15kg's together and have 2x 30kg suitcases.