RE: [RCSE] Travel cases and airlines

[Scobie Puchtler or Sarah Felstiner]

just a few comments about the airlines and big luggage. They ARE ALL
inconsistent from airport to airport skycap to skycap. It all seems to
depend on who's cracking down about what and where. This makes the whole
oversize baggage thing a real sport, complete with gambling, so I was not
surprised to hear your past experiences. consider a 20 for the skycaps?
still cheaper than 50!

It helps ALOT if your big luggage doesn't look weird. If you can adapt a
case out of some other more recognizeable sporting goods case, you are
ALWAYS better off. When I was travelling commercially for my company and had
to carry as many as a hundred sport kites as baggage, we got our sewing shop
to make us an OBSCENELY large duffel bag. I mean this thing could hold a
fridge! But I swear that the fact that it LOOKED like a duffel bag  got us
through alot of airports without charges... (the fact that it looked like
godzilla's personal duffel bag didn't seem to get that much attention)

just a few cents worth from Seattle,

Lift,
Scobie.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Carlton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2000 8:59 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [RCSE] Travel cases and airlines
>
>
> It's that time of year again. Traveling XC to Poway for the IHLGF
> and would
> like some advice on transporting sailplanes on the airlines. Any tips or
> tricks would be appreciated. Last year I managed to check my travel case,
> that measures 63 X 18 X 11 and made from coreplast, in Cleveland with no
> problem but got socked $50 bucks on the return in San Diego. The skycaps
> wouldn't even look at it or the $10 bucks I had in my hand. Is
> this typical
> for SoCal? The airlines' customer service people seem to be vague as to
> what they will and won't take and how much it will cost. They let golf
> clubs, skis and surfboards go but might have a problem with my case. Go
> figure. Any help would be appreciated!
>
> Thanks,
> Jim Carlton
>
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