Originally Posted by
nicole999
Edit: I just phoned United and they said they don't charge you if you start with another airline. They said they only charge you the initial rate from the first airline. Machka, was this not the case for you? I don't know how much I trust the lady I was talking to hah
That's generally the case for flights within the US. I suspect the problem in Machka's case was that there would be a need to go through customs with all baggage when entering the country. Then the baggage would be rechecked to the final destination and therefore subject to an additional bike charge.
But it's wise not to be too trusting of the information given by the airline customer service reps. Best to get (and carry) a written statement of the policies. If only phone information is available at least get a specific name and time of the call to cite to the person at the check-in counter if there's a discrepancy.