Originally Posted by
cvskates
There is an agreement between Canada and the Cuba that bikes are not charged either way (at least according to the woman at Air Canada). I was there last year for a triathlon and took my bike down in a Trico Iron Case. Was not charged in either direction, and I flew Air Canada (and they'll usually charge you in both directions for anything they can). And yes, I did declare it as a bicycle.
This is excellent news!
Last year (in spite of being a*A Gold member with baggage allowance of 3 bags of up to 32 kg for free), AC wanted to charge me $50 CAD per sector per bicycle. I then had folder bicycles and used camping stuff around each of them for extra protection/padding.
At check in I was asked what was in the bags. I replied "Camping equipment." Then came the question: "Any stoves and fuel?" My reply was: "No way as I have read the prohibited list and no stoves are in there". Reply: "Fine, take these bags to over-sized baggage".
At oversized baggage after x-raying the bags the attendant said "Nice folding bicycles!".
Off we went without paying. The biking and camping in Nova Scotia was fun...