Originally Posted by
Bacciagalupe
Now that airlines are charging for checked baggage, you're probably only saving $50 per flight (each way) - perhaps $100 at best.
If you can find me an airline that charges only $50 to ship a bike in a full-sized hard case, I'm out the door tomorrow...
My buddy wanted to take a bike to Hawaii last year. Rental price for a full-sized Serfas (or Trico?) bike case was $50-100/week depending on which shop you went to. His airline wanted $150
each way in excess baggage fees. So $400 for his 10-day trip, plus the case was so large it wouldn't fit in a standard taxi or rental car.
So yes, you're correct: it would take
two trips to pay for the cost of S&S couplers, not one as I originally suggested.