> Does any participants in this newsgroup have recent experience flying on
Air
> France with their bikes? We'll be flying from Boston to Paris and back. We'll be packing our bikes
> in Trico hard-sided sports cases. Any extra
fees?
> Other hassles?
Stan: I haven't flown with my bike on Air France, but flew United from SFO to CDG (Paris) and, even
though my case is rather large (the biggest that Trial3sports makes), I wasn't charged in either
direction.
One word of advice- if you haven't flown out of CDG before, you need to allow lots of extra time.
The place is a disaster, with queues that go every which-way, and a rather haphazard system of
inspecting bike boxes right there on the floor of the first (security) check-in area. They'll let
most breeze through, and then randomly decide to tear one apart, bit by bit by bit (or so it seems).
If you're going to stuff your bike clothing in there, I'd suggest you might want to wash it first,
as watching your personal stuff get close scrutiny becomes the primary entertainment for those in
the terminal.
Entering France is rarely an issue, by the way... I wouldn't expect any delays there (unless they
haven't finished painting one of the passport inspection locations, which they normally only do
during the busiest times of the year).
--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
http://www.ChainReactionBicycles.com