To further complicate the case issue, cases with built in wheels can exceed the 62" max if measured to INCLUDE the wheels, and yet be within tolerance if the measurement is done around the mid points of the case & misses the wheels. Ain't life grand?
dougP -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 8:40 PM To: RBW Owners Bunch Subject: [RBW] Re: Hillborn v. Tournado It seems to be hit-or-miss. The S&S case supposedly meets the dimensional criteria to be treated as an ordinary piece of luggage. But some airlines apparently have an automatic surcharge on bikes, regardless of size. A friend and I traveled with our coupled bikes last February, no problem. The same friend traveled with his coupled bike in September, and got charged after volunteering the information that his suitcase contained a bike. He protested, and after some debate, the actual measurements of the case were obtained, which put it in the no-charge, regular luggage category. If the same case was stuffed with clothing, additional fees wouldn't have been an issue. It's one thing to pay a known, expected fee, and another thing to be surprised by a fee that is applied arbitrarily, especially after spending $750 for couplers to avoid that fee. I'll be damned if I'm going to let the airlines balance their budgets on the backs of bicyclists. (intended in good humor) On Jan 7, 10:21 pm, Big Paulie <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jan 7, 6:52 pm, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I've heard that it may be getting harder to escape the extra charges imposed by the airlines > > for a coupled bike. > > Even nice airlines have to eat too, Jim... > > :-) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
