I travelled on US Air which is an American Airline. I believe that European airlines may be more lienent about this. I flew Air France this year sans bikes and was much happier with the experience. I will most likely fly them with the bikes next year.
Larry Powers Get a bicycle. You will not regret it if you live. - Mark Twain > From: [email protected] > Subject: [RBW] Re: S&S Recommendations > Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:01:18 -0500 > To: [email protected] > > > On Sep 24, 2009, at 6:58 AM, Larry Powers wrote: > > > I travelled to France in 2007 with my Rambo in a standard bike case > > and was charged $80 each way > > That's new. Historically you were able to check a bike as one of > your two allowed pieces of luggage on international flights at no > charge. This used to cover even non-direct flights with a stop in > the US as long as the bike was checked through to the international > destination from the departure. > > http://www.ibike.org/encouragement/travel/bagregs.htm > > http://www.bikeleague.org/members/bikesflyfree.php > > But I haven't flown with a bike since 2003, maybe this has changed as > airlines look for ways to soak the customers a bit more. I detest > air travel due to the airport hassles, seats that are too small for a > non-obese tall person, surly customer service from virtually all > employees and the general horridness of the experience. So I'm not > going to be flying anywhere anytime soon, especially if they are > gonna yank another $160 out of my wallet to take my bike. > > > _________________________________________________________________ Insert movie times and more without leaving Hotmail®. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_QuickAdd_062009 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
