I just recently flew from DC to Seattle and back on Delta Airlines with my S&S coupled bike packed in an S&S soft case. No charge beyond the "piece of luggage" charge of $23. In five round-trip flights with the S&S case, no one has ever asked me what was in the case. It's just an airline-legal-size piece of baggage, so why would they ask? They don't ask what any of my other luggage is, either. TSA has looked at the contents several times, judging by straps that are undone on arrival.
Economics of S&S couplers: Delta currently charges $200 for bikes, so a round-trip costs $400. Three trips pays for your couplers + case. Airtran charges $80 each way. I wouldn't get a soft case again, I think that a hard case does a better job of protecting the bike. I don't think the bike has ever experienced actual damage en route, but it just seems like the hard case would do a better job. It takes about 30 to 45 minutes to either unpack or pack the bike. I have a set of photos to remind me of what packing order works. Nick On Sep 16, 9:42 pm, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > On Thu, 2010-09-16 at 18:11 -0700, Lynne Fitz wrote: > > > I expect I could try to rationalize the cost - I had the conversion > > done before the S&S price increase. I figured couplers, case, and > > packing accessories added $1000 to the cost. 10 flights with a non- > > coupled bike would have been that much in extra luggage charges. > > However, now you still pay the extra charge because it's a bicycle no > matter how small it packs down, right? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
