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Susan In La
Guest
Any advice on any of the following would be hugely appreciated:
1. What's the best hard-shell bike-travel case in your
opinion?
(I've already Googled extensively on the benefits of hard v.
soft v. cardboard v. plastic bags v. nothing......haven't
decided which is the best option but would love your
opinions on the current best hard-shell case in case I go
that route.)
2. Is there any hard-shell bike case that is small enough to
be treated as normal checked luggage by the airlines
(i.e., no extra fee as long as your luggage meets
size/weight/number limits)?
For example, the Delta website states "Any bicycle presented
in a box with overall dimensions (length + width + height)
that does not exceed 62" may be checked as part of a
customer's free baggage allowance." And I see that the Trico
Ironcase, for example, measures 47" x 30" x 10", i.e, less
than 62". However, my extensive Googling today indicates
that most cyclists flying domestically in the US are getting
hit with a fee for checking a bike no matter how small a box
it is in. Are these cyclists just using travel cases that
are too large or do the airlines just charge for any bike
period no matter how small?
3. Flying Delta from LA to Atlanta to Panama City Beach FL
(for the HIM in a few weeks) the second leg of the flight
is in a smaller plane. I'm worried that they may not
accept the bike on the smaller plane. Any
experience/advice?
I have called Delta numerous times but the nice people in
Customer Care can only read the website to me, which doesn't
answer my questions. I may just head down to LAX and see if
I can get some answers from the ticket agents there....(in
writing?!?)....but I thought I would try you guys first.
Many thanks in advance!!!
Susan in LA
1. What's the best hard-shell bike-travel case in your
opinion?
(I've already Googled extensively on the benefits of hard v.
soft v. cardboard v. plastic bags v. nothing......haven't
decided which is the best option but would love your
opinions on the current best hard-shell case in case I go
that route.)
2. Is there any hard-shell bike case that is small enough to
be treated as normal checked luggage by the airlines
(i.e., no extra fee as long as your luggage meets
size/weight/number limits)?
For example, the Delta website states "Any bicycle presented
in a box with overall dimensions (length + width + height)
that does not exceed 62" may be checked as part of a
customer's free baggage allowance." And I see that the Trico
Ironcase, for example, measures 47" x 30" x 10", i.e, less
than 62". However, my extensive Googling today indicates
that most cyclists flying domestically in the US are getting
hit with a fee for checking a bike no matter how small a box
it is in. Are these cyclists just using travel cases that
are too large or do the airlines just charge for any bike
period no matter how small?
3. Flying Delta from LA to Atlanta to Panama City Beach FL
(for the HIM in a few weeks) the second leg of the flight
is in a smaller plane. I'm worried that they may not
accept the bike on the smaller plane. Any
experience/advice?
I have called Delta numerous times but the nice people in
Customer Care can only read the website to me, which doesn't
answer my questions. I may just head down to LAX and see if
I can get some answers from the ticket agents there....(in
writing?!?)....but I thought I would try you guys first.
Many thanks in advance!!!
Susan in LA