Patrick
I'll second the statement Don made. I recently bought a Surly travelers check with a soft backpack case. No problems checking it as it easily meets the 62" and under 50 pound requirements. If you do quite a bit if traveling this is really the way to go. I've not ridden the Ritchey but so far I'm sold in S&S couplers.
I bought the Surly because I wanted something the airlines would be hardpressed to demolish. I've talked to a few of the local builders in town who are open to building a couplered bike as well
Cheers
Patrick Wilder,LCSW
AVP Quality & Compliance
Psychiatric Solutions,Inc.
On Jan 20, 2010, at 6:51 PM, "Thomas W. Judson" wrote:
Has anyone flown with a bicycle lately? I am taking a bicycle to Europe this summer and did some research that I thought that it might be worth sharing. Please double check before you buy a ticket as things change (and I may have misread some of the policies).
Delta now charges $175 each way for a bicycle on domestic flights and a whooping $300 each way on international flights (skis and golf clubs go for free). Fortunately, I am flying Air France this time and bicycles get checked as regular luggage on AF. However, this may not always be the case. The only way that this will change is if enough people write the airlines and express their displeasure.
Cheers,
Tom Judson
Airline Domestic International Note
Delta $175.00 $300.00 Oversized baggage 63–80 inches (161-203 cm) is 175 USD/CAD/EUR* each
United $175.00 $200.00 "If bicycle and container are less than 62 dimensional inches and under 50 lbs, the bike is charged the applicable baggage charge for the 1st checked bag"
Air France NC NC Checks as regular baggage
Continental $100.00 $100.00 "If bicycle and container are less than 62 dimensional inches and under 50 lbs, the bike is charged the applicable baggage charge for the 1st checked bag"
U.S. Air $100.00 $100.00 "If bicycle and container are less than 62 dimensional inches and under 50 lbs, the bike is charged the applicable baggage charge for the 1st checked bag"
American $100.00 $100.00 "If bicycle and container are less than 62 dimensional inches and under 50 lbs, the bike is charged the applicable baggage charge for the 1st checked bag"
British Air NC NC
Lufthansa $250.00 $250.00
KLM NC NC $200 if over 44 lbs
Alaska $50.00 $50.00 "Up to 62 in - No Fee, 63-80 in - $50, 81-115 in $75"
Jet Blue $50.00 $50.00
Virgin Atlantic NC NC
Southwest $50 $50 "If bicycle and container are less than 62 dimensional inches and under 50 lbs, the bike is charged the applicable baggage charge for the 1st checked bag"
Air Canada $50 $50
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