Originally Posted by
acantor
$200 sounds like a lot, but maybe the rates have increased over the years?
Think of $400 per person as a surcharge to have a wonderful cycling adventure.
Yep and Yep.
Paid $200 each way on U.S. Airways back in 2013 to fly from Philly to Venice for nearly two weeks of cycling in the Veneto, etc., regions. Well worth it, if only for the food.
Back in the day, a bike simply counted as one of your two free pieces of checked baggage, at least when flying from the U.S. to Europe. No charge in '95 when I went to the Giro (Delta) and no charge in '00 when I toured Andalucia (British Airway and Iberia).