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Me and my wife travel with our bikes a few times a year and invested in a 2 bike case from triallthreesports.com. It has paid for itself two or three times by now. Now the delta guy at eugene airport knows us and has tried to screw us on weight limits, but I had to remind him that it wasn't over the weight limit of 100lbs. Always print their requirements off their website and have them with you just in case the person can't remember their own policy.

Scott

Scott
------Original Message------
From: Joe Cipale
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To: judson@math.harvard.edu
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Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Airline Baggage Fees
Sent: Jan 21, 2010 8:32 AM

Throwing my two cents in -
I used to travel for work for 2-3 weeks at a time. I would always bring my bike in a Trico Ironman case. The best airlines to fly (late 90's-early 00's) were Alaska and Delta. The worst, and I mean WORST was United! Alaska would often waive the fee as the bike/case/helmet/shoes/cloor pump/other bomb materials would weigh less than 40 lbs. Delta would give me a surcharge of $25.00 becuase it was an odd shape.

United was just a bunch of effing pr****! They would charge an oversize fee, a handling fee, and a bulk fee (WTH is a 'bulk fee'?). Needless to say I tried to avoid United as much as possible.

Joe

Thomas W. Judson wrote:

> I just found a really useful website,
>
> http://www.ibike.org/encouragement/travel/bagregs.htm
>
> By the way, it is really easy to email the airlines by going to their websites. And they do respond, especially if you are a frequent flyer with elite status. If enough people complain, they might even drop their fees.
>
> Tom
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