Peter Murphy
That torques me to no end...Someone who can write the cost off as a business
expense, if it is a legitimate trade show item, gets a package the same
dimensions as the package i have, but i have to pay for it because i am not
going to a trade show. What a bunch of crap.
Pete Murphy
"if by a "Liberal" they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone
who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the
welfare of the people -- their health, their housing, their schools, their
jobs, their civil rights, and their civil liberties -- someone who believes
we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our
policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a "Liberal," then I'm proud to
say I'm a "Liberal."" JFK 9/14/60
From: Jon Nigbor <jo-@consumer-care.com>
Reply-To: jo-@consumer-care.com
To: ob-@topica.com
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] How to fly free with bikes.
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 10:37:53 -0800
RE: [OBRA Chat] How to fly free with bikes.I don't lie about the contents.
I just say the contents are for a trade show. Never has anyone opened the
case or asked what the specific contents actually are. If they do inspect
the contents there are lots of reasons to have a bike at a trade show. So,
if I'm questioned further I tell them we sell to the bike industry or
whatever to make it legit...
----- Original Message -----
From: Pat Sagers
To: 'ob-@topica.com'
Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 9:52 AM
Subject: RE: [OBRA Chat] How to fly free with bikes.
That's interesting. I flew from Redmond, Or. and they opened the case
took everything completely out and even swabbed for bomb making residue.
There was no getting around the fact that I was flying with a bike. I
doubt they would have found me lying about what was inside very funny. It
was $50 each way on Alaska. When I flew out of Palm Springs to come home,
they didn't hardly give the bike boxes a second look. However, they did
ask what was inside and when they heard it was a bike, they tagged me with
the $50 fee. I just think that they could make life pretty tough for you
if you lied about the contents. Also it appears different airports handle
these packages differently. Oh, and the Redmond airport also took away all
my CO2 cartridges.
Pat Sagers
> I've flown my bike free 90% of the time by spray painting my
> bike box with a
> stencil for a trade show company and exhibit number (make one
> up). I tell
> the airlines I'm going to a trade show and have material for
> the trade show
> in the case. Bike boxes are very similar to some trade show
> exhibit cases.
> The airlines allow two check-in pieces of luggage, if your
> bike is the third
> piece, worst case you might have to pay $50 each way for that
> third piece of
> luggage. I just did this two weekends ago on a flight down
> to LV through
> Alaska Airlines and had no trouble.
>
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