Keeping those cars from passing

[DeniseGoldberg]

My question is, you flew your bike out with you? How did you manage this AND not have the airlines charge you? They seem to charge for every little bit extra! I'm very curious as I'm considering taking my bike on a trip this summer.

Be very careful - in my experience in the US (before I switched to a Bike Friday folding bike for travel) - I always had to pay excess baggage fees. In fact, I had an argument with one airline employee who was determined to charge me based on the size of my bike case as opposed to charging their flat fee for bicycles.

Here's a link to a page on the League of American Bicyclist's site that lists some of the fees: http://www.bikeleague.org/members/bikesflypolicies.php.

Another site that you may find helpful is http://www.ibike.org/encouragement/t...egs.htm#Tariff

The dimensions of most bike cases (or boxes) exceed that listed on these sites for free bicycle transportation. If you go to the airport with a bike expecting not to have to pay excess baggage fees, you could have an unpleasant surprise.

--- Denise