Originally Posted by indyfabz

Yeah. That's not bad as domestic airlines go. The last I checked, Frontier charged nothing extra for the bike. You just had to pay the standard checked bag fee, which I think was $35 for the first and $25 for second. That may have changed.

Unless there were logistical hurdles, like ground transportation of a boxed bike, I would fly with my bike if I were flying Southwest or Frontier rather than ship it. Did just that for Cycle Oregon a few years ago.

OP: The highest I have seen is $200 (U.S. Airways) and $175 (United). In that situation, I would look into shipping domestically. Earlier this year I shipped via FedEx using Bikeflights.com. $73 each way with LBS pickup from Philly to Missoula. That was for an estimated weight of 90 lbs. for the bike, bike box, racks, stove and empty fuel bottle. Had I actually take the time to get a realistic weight, it would have been cheaper. Also, taking it to the FedEx store myself would have saved me the $5 pick up fee. I was flying United, so I saved myself $100 each way. I used that cash to have the bike assembled and tuned for me at both ends.