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Anyway, I'm guessing you haven't checked the official policies lately, because Delta's are typical of what I've seen for the last 3 years. You get one bike, 62" or less, ~50 lbs or less, and it counts as a piece of checked luggage. Fees are $80 and up each way.

Continental: http://www.continental.com/web/en-US...ge/sports.aspx
American: http://www.aa.com/content/travelInfo...llowance.jhtml
Northwest charges no matter what size or weight: http://www.nwa.com/travel/luggage/sp...s.html#bicycle
Same with United: http://www.united.com/page/article/0,6722,50773,00.html



I flew Northwest in the summer of '06 for a week long bike trip. The big diffence between their policy and some of the new ones is that once you pay for the bike they do NOT count it as a piece of checked luggage. I was going on a week long biking/camping trip and needed all the luggage capacity I could get. They charged me $80 for the bike, which is a little rugged, but at least didn't use up my free baggage allowance. That in itself will make me stay away from Delta and its cumulative fees. I see from the link above that NWA's policy is still the same.