Alright... I'm building my own cardboard house for my bike. So I have a few questions for you:
- Why shape the boxes? From what I understand about linear inches, the airline, if they measured, would measure the bounding box of the shape (i.e. the smallest rectangular box that encloses the shaped box). And a rectangular box would give more room for padding/other items.
- If I am wrong about linear inches, I'd love to know!
- How did you make the wheels work? I have an 8" wide bike box here to play with... The wheels fit in 28 x 28, but I can't stack them down to 6" (they stack to 9"). What did you do?
- I read on travel sites that United has a 55 linear inches limit on the second checked bag but can't find it on United's page. I hope so, because I don't know how to make a 28" diameter wheel fit into a 55 linear inches box. Edit: It is Air France policy apparently. I'd assume more companies will get there over time. Others (AirTran) have a 61" limit.
Thanks a lot!
- Why shape the boxes? From what I understand about linear inches, the airline, if they measured, would measure the bounding box of the shape (i.e. the smallest rectangular box that encloses the shaped box). And a rectangular box would give more room for padding/other items.
- If I am wrong about linear inches, I'd love to know!
- How did you make the wheels work? I have an 8" wide bike box here to play with... The wheels fit in 28 x 28, but I can't stack them down to 6" (they stack to 9"). What did you do?
- I read on travel sites that United has a 55 linear inches limit on the second checked bag but can't find it on United's page. I hope so, because I don't know how to make a 28" diameter wheel fit into a 55 linear inches box. Edit: It is Air France policy apparently. I'd assume more companies will get there over time. Others (AirTran) have a 61" limit.
Thanks a lot!