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There seem to be varying opinions and experiences about airline = policies regarding taking
bicycles with you so I am trying to get the = policies directly from the airlines, in e-writing.
So far, it has not = been easy, but I have gotten policies from Continental and Northwest =
(Continental clearly to be avoided for international travel, with = Northwest clearly stating
that bikes travel free). If I am traveling abroad, I will print and take copies of the =
policies with me to checkin so that if I am told otherwise I will have = something to show them.
I will paste copies of their policies below, exactly as received. = When I get others I'll post
them as well.=20
From Continental:
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Dear Mr. Juniper:
Thank you for your response to my e-mail.
I did check with International reservations and to carry a bicycle = international there is first a
fee of $80.00 just to check the bicycle. = Then because the bicycle does not fall within your free
baggage = allowance you would also pay the excess baggage fee to travel from San = Francisco to
Paris. That fee is $110.00. You would be charged a total = of $190.00 each direction to travel with
the bicycle at this time. Your = ticket allows you to check 2 free bags (suitcases only) and 1 carry
on. = You may then check excess pieces. The bicycle is an excess piece of = baggage. Not all excess
pieces are changed the additional $80.00 = service fee that bicycles are charged. =20
Thank you for considering Continental Airlines in your upcoming travel = plans for your
bicycle club.
Sincerely,
Judy Kay Brown Customer Care Manager
----------
From Northwest:
Dear Steve Juniper,
Thank you for contacting NWA Luggage Service Online. In your letter,=20 you requested information
regarding acceptance of checked bicycles.=20 Allow me to provide you with the guidelines Northwest
Airlines uses for=20 bicycles.
NWA/KLM/CO accepts non-motorized single seat bicycle/tricycle as checked luggage for a fee.
Handlebars must be fixed sideways and pedals removed or wrapped with protective packing material.
Bikes should be placed in=20 a bike box. When packed in other than a bike box, a Limited
Liability=20 Release form must be signed.
Domestic Bike Charges: One way transportation fee per bike - up to 100 lbs.
U.S./Canada/Mexico/Caribbean=20 1 - 6 BIKES $80.00 USD/115.00 CAD EACH 7 OR MORE BIKES $180.00
USD/261.00 CAD EACH **Bikes over 100 lbs. must be sent shipped as cargo via a freight=20 forwarder
or FedEx, UPS or the United States Postal Service.
Bike Box Charges: $20.00 USD plus tax at NWA Airports $19.00 EUR plus tax at KLM Airports Bike
box Dimensions: 69 x 40 x 9 inches (175 X 85.5 X 21.5 centimeters) Bicycle boxes can be purchased
at NWA/KLM ticket counters and are=20 available in limited quantities on a first-come,
first-served basis.
Bicycle boxes - passengers own: KLM/NWA accepts hard-shell bicycle cases. Standard bike size case=20
requires applicable domestic/ international transportation charge.
International Bike Charges: Included in free allowance - no charge.
Passengers should NOT pack medications, car keys, tickets, passports and other legal documentation,
valuable items such as jewelry, irreplaceable items or cameras in checked luggage. For a complete
listing of items=20 excluded from liability, please refer to the full text of the Northwest=20
Airlines Contract of Carriage, which can be viewed at any Northwest=20 airport counter or ticket
office or it may be obtained online or by=20 writing to:
Northwest Airlines, Inc. Department C6590 5101 Northwest Drive St. Paul, MN 55111-3034
----------
Steve Juniper
"...Most of the European conservative parties are to the left of = the Democrats in
this country."
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<DIV> There seem to be varying opinions and = experiences about=20 airline
policies regarding taking bicycles with you so I am trying to = get the=20 policies directly
from the airlines, in e-writing. So far, it has not = been easy,=20 but I have gotten
policies from Continental and Northwest (Continental = clearly=20 to be avoided for
international travel, with Northwest clearly stating = that=20 bikes travel free).</DIV>
<DV> If I am traveling abroad, I will print and take = copies=20 of the
policies with me to checkin so that if I am told otherwise I will = have=20 something to show
them.</DIV>
<DVI> I will paste copies of their policies below, = exactly as=20 received.
When I get others I'll post them as well. </DIV>
<DVII> </DIV>
<DVIII>From Continental:</DIV>
<DIX>----------</DIV>
<DX>Dear Mr. Juniper:<BR><BR>Thank you for your response to my = e-mail.<BR><BR>I=20 did check
with International reservations and to carry a bicycle = international=20 there is first a
fee of $80.00 just to check the bicycle. Then = because the=20 bicycle does not fall
within your free baggage allowance you would also = pay the=20 excess baggage fee to travel
from San Francisco to Paris. That fee = is=20 $110.00. You would be charged a
total of $190.00 each direction to = travel=20 with the bicycle at this time. Your
ticket allows you to check 2 = free bags=20 (suitcases only) and 1 carry on. You may
then check excess = pieces. =20 The bicycle is an excess piece of baggage. Not all
excess pieces = are=20 changed the additional $80.00 service fee that bicycles are =
charged. =20 <BR><BR>Thank you for considering Continental Airlines in your upcoming =
travel=20 plans for your bicycle club.<BR><BR>Sincerely,<BR><BR>Judy Kay =
Brown<BR>Customer=20 Care Manager</DIV>
<DXI>----------</DIV>
<DXII>From Northwest:<BR></DIV>
<DXIII>Dear Steve Juniper,<BR><BR>Thank you for contacting NWA Luggage = Service=20 Online. In
your letter, <BR>you requested information regarding = acceptance=20 of checked bicycles.
<BR>Allow me to provide you with the guidelines = Northwest=20 Airlines uses for
<BR>bicycles.<BR><BR>NWA/KLM/CO accepts non-motorized = single=20 seat bicycle/tricycle as
checked<BR>luggage for a fee. Handlebars = must be=20 fixed sideways and pedals
removed<BR>or wrapped with protective packing=20 material. Bikes should be placed in
<BR>a bike box. When = packed in=20 other than a bike box, a Limited Liability
<BR>Release form must be=20 signed.<BR><BR>Domestic Bike Charges:<BR>One way transportation
fee per = bike -=20 up to 100 lbs.<BR>U.S./Canada/Mexico/Caribbean <BR>1 - 6 BIKES $80.00 =
USD/115.00=20 CAD EACH<BR>7 OR MORE BIKES $180.00 USD/261.00 CAD EACH<BR>**Bikes over = 100
lbs.=20 must be sent shipped as cargo via a freight <BR>forwarder or FedEx, UPS = or the=20
United States Postal Service.<BR><BR>Bike Box Charges:<BR>$20.00 USD = plus tax at=20 NWA
Airports<BR>$19.00 EUR plus tax at KLM Airports<BR>Bike box = Dimensions: 69 x=20 40 x 9
inches (175 X 85.5 X 21.5 centimeters)<BR>Bicycle boxes can be = purchased=20 at NWA/KLM
ticket counters and are <BR>available in limited quantities = on a=20 first-come,
first-served basis.<BR><BR>Bicycle boxes - passengers=20 own:<BR>KLM/NWA accepts hard-shell
bicycle cases. Standard bike size = case=20 <BR>requires applicable domestic/ international
transportation=20 charge.<BR><BR>International Bike Charges:<BR>Included in free allowance =
- no=20 charge.<BR><BR>Passengers should NOT pack medications, car keys, = tickets,=20 passports
and<BR>other legal documentation, valuable items such as = jewelry,=20 irreplaceable<BR>items or
cameras in checked luggage. For a complete = listing of=20 items <BR>excluded from liability,
please refer to the full text of the=20 Northwest <BR>Airlines Contract of Carriage, which can be
viewed at any=20 Northwest <BR>airport counter or ticket office or it may be obtained = online
or=20 by <BR>writing to:<BR><BR>Northwest Airlines, Inc.<BR>Department = C6590<BR>5101=20
Northwest Drive<BR>St. Paul, MN 55111-3034<BR>----------<BR>Steve = Juniper</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DV> "...Most of the European conservative = parties are=20 to the left
of the Democrats in this country."</DIV>
<DVI> </DIV>
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There seem to be varying opinions and experiences about airline = policies regarding taking
bicycles with you so I am trying to get the = policies directly from the airlines, in e-writing.
So far, it has not = been easy, but I have gotten policies from Continental and Northwest =
(Continental clearly to be avoided for international travel, with = Northwest clearly stating
that bikes travel free). If I am traveling abroad, I will print and take copies of the =
policies with me to checkin so that if I am told otherwise I will have = something to show them.
I will paste copies of their policies below, exactly as received. = When I get others I'll post
them as well.=20
From Continental:
----------
Dear Mr. Juniper:
Thank you for your response to my e-mail.
I did check with International reservations and to carry a bicycle = international there is first a
fee of $80.00 just to check the bicycle. = Then because the bicycle does not fall within your free
baggage = allowance you would also pay the excess baggage fee to travel from San = Francisco to
Paris. That fee is $110.00. You would be charged a total = of $190.00 each direction to travel with
the bicycle at this time. Your = ticket allows you to check 2 free bags (suitcases only) and 1 carry
on. = You may then check excess pieces. The bicycle is an excess piece of = baggage. Not all excess
pieces are changed the additional $80.00 = service fee that bicycles are charged. =20
Thank you for considering Continental Airlines in your upcoming travel = plans for your
bicycle club.
Sincerely,
Judy Kay Brown Customer Care Manager
----------
From Northwest:
Dear Steve Juniper,
Thank you for contacting NWA Luggage Service Online. In your letter,=20 you requested information
regarding acceptance of checked bicycles.=20 Allow me to provide you with the guidelines Northwest
Airlines uses for=20 bicycles.
NWA/KLM/CO accepts non-motorized single seat bicycle/tricycle as checked luggage for a fee.
Handlebars must be fixed sideways and pedals removed or wrapped with protective packing material.
Bikes should be placed in=20 a bike box. When packed in other than a bike box, a Limited
Liability=20 Release form must be signed.
Domestic Bike Charges: One way transportation fee per bike - up to 100 lbs.
U.S./Canada/Mexico/Caribbean=20 1 - 6 BIKES $80.00 USD/115.00 CAD EACH 7 OR MORE BIKES $180.00
USD/261.00 CAD EACH **Bikes over 100 lbs. must be sent shipped as cargo via a freight=20 forwarder
or FedEx, UPS or the United States Postal Service.
Bike Box Charges: $20.00 USD plus tax at NWA Airports $19.00 EUR plus tax at KLM Airports Bike
box Dimensions: 69 x 40 x 9 inches (175 X 85.5 X 21.5 centimeters) Bicycle boxes can be purchased
at NWA/KLM ticket counters and are=20 available in limited quantities on a first-come,
first-served basis.
Bicycle boxes - passengers own: KLM/NWA accepts hard-shell bicycle cases. Standard bike size case=20
requires applicable domestic/ international transportation charge.
International Bike Charges: Included in free allowance - no charge.
Passengers should NOT pack medications, car keys, tickets, passports and other legal documentation,
valuable items such as jewelry, irreplaceable items or cameras in checked luggage. For a complete
listing of items=20 excluded from liability, please refer to the full text of the Northwest=20
Airlines Contract of Carriage, which can be viewed at any Northwest=20 airport counter or ticket
office or it may be obtained online or by=20 writing to:
Northwest Airlines, Inc. Department C6590 5101 Northwest Drive St. Paul, MN 55111-3034
----------
Steve Juniper
"...Most of the European conservative parties are to the left of = the Democrats in
this country."
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<DIV> There seem to be varying opinions and = experiences about=20 airline
policies regarding taking bicycles with you so I am trying to = get the=20 policies directly
from the airlines, in e-writing. So far, it has not = been easy,=20 but I have gotten
policies from Continental and Northwest (Continental = clearly=20 to be avoided for
international travel, with Northwest clearly stating = that=20 bikes travel free).</DIV>
<DV> If I am traveling abroad, I will print and take = copies=20 of the
policies with me to checkin so that if I am told otherwise I will = have=20 something to show
them.</DIV>
<DVI> I will paste copies of their policies below, = exactly as=20 received.
When I get others I'll post them as well. </DIV>
<DVII> </DIV>
<DVIII>From Continental:</DIV>
<DIX>----------</DIV>
<DX>Dear Mr. Juniper:<BR><BR>Thank you for your response to my = e-mail.<BR><BR>I=20 did check
with International reservations and to carry a bicycle = international=20 there is first a
fee of $80.00 just to check the bicycle. Then = because the=20 bicycle does not fall
within your free baggage allowance you would also = pay the=20 excess baggage fee to travel
from San Francisco to Paris. That fee = is=20 $110.00. You would be charged a
total of $190.00 each direction to = travel=20 with the bicycle at this time. Your
ticket allows you to check 2 = free bags=20 (suitcases only) and 1 carry on. You may
then check excess = pieces. =20 The bicycle is an excess piece of baggage. Not all
excess pieces = are=20 changed the additional $80.00 service fee that bicycles are =
charged. =20 <BR><BR>Thank you for considering Continental Airlines in your upcoming =
travel=20 plans for your bicycle club.<BR><BR>Sincerely,<BR><BR>Judy Kay =
Brown<BR>Customer=20 Care Manager</DIV>
<DXI>----------</DIV>
<DXII>From Northwest:<BR></DIV>
<DXIII>Dear Steve Juniper,<BR><BR>Thank you for contacting NWA Luggage = Service=20 Online. In
your letter, <BR>you requested information regarding = acceptance=20 of checked bicycles.
<BR>Allow me to provide you with the guidelines = Northwest=20 Airlines uses for
<BR>bicycles.<BR><BR>NWA/KLM/CO accepts non-motorized = single=20 seat bicycle/tricycle as
checked<BR>luggage for a fee. Handlebars = must be=20 fixed sideways and pedals
removed<BR>or wrapped with protective packing=20 material. Bikes should be placed in
<BR>a bike box. When = packed in=20 other than a bike box, a Limited Liability
<BR>Release form must be=20 signed.<BR><BR>Domestic Bike Charges:<BR>One way transportation
fee per = bike -=20 up to 100 lbs.<BR>U.S./Canada/Mexico/Caribbean <BR>1 - 6 BIKES $80.00 =
USD/115.00=20 CAD EACH<BR>7 OR MORE BIKES $180.00 USD/261.00 CAD EACH<BR>**Bikes over = 100
lbs.=20 must be sent shipped as cargo via a freight <BR>forwarder or FedEx, UPS = or the=20
United States Postal Service.<BR><BR>Bike Box Charges:<BR>$20.00 USD = plus tax at=20 NWA
Airports<BR>$19.00 EUR plus tax at KLM Airports<BR>Bike box = Dimensions: 69 x=20 40 x 9
inches (175 X 85.5 X 21.5 centimeters)<BR>Bicycle boxes can be = purchased=20 at NWA/KLM
ticket counters and are <BR>available in limited quantities = on a=20 first-come,
first-served basis.<BR><BR>Bicycle boxes - passengers=20 own:<BR>KLM/NWA accepts hard-shell
bicycle cases. Standard bike size = case=20 <BR>requires applicable domestic/ international
transportation=20 charge.<BR><BR>International Bike Charges:<BR>Included in free allowance =
- no=20 charge.<BR><BR>Passengers should NOT pack medications, car keys, = tickets,=20 passports
and<BR>other legal documentation, valuable items such as = jewelry,=20 irreplaceable<BR>items or
cameras in checked luggage. For a complete = listing of=20 items <BR>excluded from liability,
please refer to the full text of the=20 Northwest <BR>Airlines Contract of Carriage, which can be
viewed at any=20 Northwest <BR>airport counter or ticket office or it may be obtained = online
or=20 by <BR>writing to:<BR><BR>Northwest Airlines, Inc.<BR>Department = C6590<BR>5101=20
Northwest Drive<BR>St. Paul, MN 55111-3034<BR>----------<BR>Steve = Juniper</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DV> "...Most of the European conservative = parties are=20 to the left
of the Democrats in this country."</DIV>
<DVI> </DIV>
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