I've only ever traveled with it on international flights and have never been charged anything. It might attract fees on domestic flights though. It weighs 40lbs and in a previous post on this thread you can see it packed with bike and all my stuff.
i know your system is reported by you to work for you and your international travel, (there's one guy out there insisting a plastic bag with the wheels on is the best way to travel, too) but there needs to be some temper in your adulation for that system.
For starters, its oversized airline luggage.
Maybe there's going to be a swing back to generous luggage policies for bikes in boxes and bags, but i haven't seen much movement in airline luggage policies to suggest that a bag carrying a standard bike frame is going to be a zero sum game at
MOST airline luggage counters.
there's a
reason bikes get SNS couplers or otherwise fold up small.
Making it easy to meet standard airline dimensions is one of the primary reasons for a coupled, take apart touring bike.
I like the folding box BTW.... can i get one in 26" 26" x 10" ??