Flew Air Canada Ottawa to Frankfurt then transfer to Swiss for the leg to Zurich...no fee for my Akona soft shell case
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Florence-Frankfurt on Lufthansa, then transfer to Air Canada for leg to Ottawa.....Lufthansa charges 80 Euros for domestic European and 160 Euros for internation (so basically around $220). My options are check in to Frankfurt for 80 Euros, claim bag and then go out of security and recheck in at Air Canada for $50 Canadian (to total would be around 115 Euros) or suck it up and pay the 160 Euros and save the hassle. I was pretty busted up from an accident the previous week at IM Switzerland and had limited interest in debating or even trying to do a sell job, so just sucked it up and paid the 160 Euros.
The worst part is that it was for a busted bike with the frame broken up....I was not planning to use the frame anyway. If I was smart, I'd have stripped the components and thrown the frame out.
In effect, I almost the same to ship my busted bike back from Europe as what Kestrel charged me for a BRAND NEW AIRFOIL PRO replacement FRAME.
In fairness, I have flown the "first leg" on Lufthansa out of Europe several tiems to connect to Air Canada and have never been charged, so I was due.
While I am on this thread, can anyone confirm if there are any changes to the Southwest fee policy? I have to book a flight from Vegas to San Francisco, and it seems that many airlines have good fares, but if I do happen to have a bike, Southwest would be the cheapest option.
Dev
Flight home
Florence-Frankfurt on Lufthansa, then transfer to Air Canada for leg to Ottawa.....Lufthansa charges 80 Euros for domestic European and 160 Euros for internation (so basically around $220). My options are check in to Frankfurt for 80 Euros, claim bag and then go out of security and recheck in at Air Canada for $50 Canadian (to total would be around 115 Euros) or suck it up and pay the 160 Euros and save the hassle. I was pretty busted up from an accident the previous week at IM Switzerland and had limited interest in debating or even trying to do a sell job, so just sucked it up and paid the 160 Euros.
The worst part is that it was for a busted bike with the frame broken up....I was not planning to use the frame anyway. If I was smart, I'd have stripped the components and thrown the frame out.
In effect, I almost the same to ship my busted bike back from Europe as what Kestrel charged me for a BRAND NEW AIRFOIL PRO replacement FRAME.
In fairness, I have flown the "first leg" on Lufthansa out of Europe several tiems to connect to Air Canada and have never been charged, so I was due.
While I am on this thread, can anyone confirm if there are any changes to the Southwest fee policy? I have to book a flight from Vegas to San Francisco, and it seems that many airlines have good fares, but if I do happen to have a bike, Southwest would be the cheapest option.
Dev
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devashish_paul: Aug 4, 11 12:23