After I was asked what was in the case and charged accordingly...DOH... (pre baggage fees) I did curb side baggage check with a $10 bill/tip clearly visible in my hand....no fees! I guess you could call that a win-win.
Angus On Sep 17, 1:02 pm, NickBull <nick.bike.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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.
