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11-15-10 | 12:22 PM

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Bromo

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From: Upstate, NY

Bikes: Masi Gran Criterium, Surly Traveler's Check (frame - current project!), Fuji Crosstown 1.0

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Originally Posted by timc01

Not always so - many transatlantic airlines don't charge for carrying bikes. It's just a piece of your baggage allowance.

I recently priced out United airlines for shipping a regular bike in a bike case. US$100 for US/CA/MEXICO, US$180 to the UK, US$200 to Japan.

"Regular Baggage" on United is US$25 for the first bag, US$35 for the second bag. So presumably if you could fit your bike into the following spec ...

Bag limits:

bags weigh less than 50 lbs. (23 kg);
do not exceed 62 linear inches (158 linear cm)**; and/or
any of your checked bags are considered special items.

**linear measurement = length + width + height

"Special items" are bikes, incidentally, so they may try to charge you anyway...

I usually fly United ... so I am most familiar with these rules, and feel United is fairly "typical" for a US carrier.

Last edited by Bromo; 11-15-10 at 12:55 PM.

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