Quote Originally Posted by tangentgirl View Post
It wasn't nice and neat and I had to wrap stuff carefully, but it was cheap. That was good, cause the airlines charge a bunch to fly bikes - usually around $75 each way.
Yes, this is what I am also afraid of. Looks like Continental/United (the easiest airline to fly in and out of Houston) charges $100 each way for bags over 50 pounds, or 62" H+W+L. Getting under the 50 pound mark is easy but there is no such thing apparently as a bike box that gets to be that small.

I did see this one - BIKND Helium Bike Carrier - on RealCyclist and thought it looked pretty snazzy and my bike shop can order it for me.