Ah yep, just tried the frame I'm taking to San D compared to my smaller frame. It's just 2 or 3 inches over the limit every component disassembled and packed tight in the soft case. Maybe I can woo the airline and get away with it, though SOUTHWEST seems to have the best deal, 75 per way (for any one oversized bike), then you're carry on and two other bags go free.

Which is not so bad considering the tickets to and from themselves totaled right around 200. I think if I go the camping route (it'll be warm during late winter I'm guessing), it should be a good trip and I'll get to see the city in the way we here love to see it. Two weeks of otherwise Midwest misery well spent. Who knows, I may even find winter work and make it into a second home!

MESSAGE TO OP: Fly Southwest Airlines and get that ticket early!