Quote Originally Posted by Aint Doody
It was pretty simple, CycleChic. When I checked in they asked me how many bags I had. I said 2. The bags didn't weigh over 50 lbs. I didn't make a point of saying that it was a bicycle. I have been charged by Horizon Air before, but on my last few times flying with my bicycle, I haven't had to pay anything. Maybe the secret is just having 2 items--1 suitcase and the bicycle container. It's a Serfas and it has wheels and a pull strap. Last summer I was flying back out of St. Louis, and the curbside fellow said--oh with that, you'll have to go in & pay a fee. But even though I went inside I still wasn't asked to pay. Maybe I just was lucky..........
My husband and I did the same thing to Europe about 2 years ago - we took only the bicycles and our panniers, as we were touring and could only carry that much anyway. The bikes got checked and the panniers were our carry on luggage. Even though the bikes were oversized as far as indivudal pieces of luggage go were weren't charged any extra for them - maybe because our allowance was for 2 checked bags each and we only did the one - as big as they were. British Airways didn't charge us, but told us to expect to be charged for our connector to Sevilla - but happily they didn't put on any extra either!