Thanks for the replies everyone. So it sounds like it's a huge variable based on airlines. Good to at least know I haven't backed myself in a corner. Mr. Pringle, unfortunately my "11th hour" has passed. The frame's built and the full build should be in my hands (or under my arse) in a few days.
Follow up question:
Whether in a box from the LBS, or something soft-sided like the Tardis case that was mentioned, I'm assuming people pack SOMEthing around the bike for cushioning, yes? I don't have a problem doing a fair amount of disassembly, but I have visions of spokes crushed in.
Originally Posted by
Trueblood
Some airlines can take the Samuel L approach - "Enough is enough, I have had it with these MF'ing bikes on this MF'ing plane. "
The broadcast TV version is even funnier, with all the ways they have to come up with to cleanly replace MF'ing.