Rumpled:
Used the Trico Ironcase when on a journey to race triathlons in all the US states. Shipped via ground in brown trucks most places, flew with me too a few times. The store personnel measured the box at 128"/129". Often had them prepare return tags (or shiping tags to the next race) with the proper measurements too so I could leave the Trico at the hotel and the carrier would pick up without me being there or me having to track down an open store before heading off to the airport. The width, length, & height measurements varied an inch or two but always came in at a total of 128"/129". Sometimes on the return shipment, without me being there, the driver would change measurements that pushed up the shipment charge to the higher amounts. I always wrote a letter to the carrier with previous invoices showing the accurate measurements below the combined 130" and the carrier always credited my credit card. This happened about a third of the time. Once, the driver charged an added fee because the bike case was not in a cardboard shipping container. Strange but maybe drivers incentivized to apply inappropriate charges to customers that don't check their credit card statements. That too was credited by the carrier. Completed the journey and sold the Trico. Started another journey and bought an Orucase Ninja. That case is soft-sided and way below the 130" total. Flew without charges on SAS five times this summer. Waiting to see what happens when on board with UAL....
https://www.palmtreesahead.com/
Used the Trico Ironcase when on a journey to race triathlons in all the US states. Shipped via ground in brown trucks most places, flew with me too a few times. The store personnel measured the box at 128"/129". Often had them prepare return tags (or shiping tags to the next race) with the proper measurements too so I could leave the Trico at the hotel and the carrier would pick up without me being there or me having to track down an open store before heading off to the airport. The width, length, & height measurements varied an inch or two but always came in at a total of 128"/129". Sometimes on the return shipment, without me being there, the driver would change measurements that pushed up the shipment charge to the higher amounts. I always wrote a letter to the carrier with previous invoices showing the accurate measurements below the combined 130" and the carrier always credited my credit card. This happened about a third of the time. Once, the driver charged an added fee because the bike case was not in a cardboard shipping container. Strange but maybe drivers incentivized to apply inappropriate charges to customers that don't check their credit card statements. That too was credited by the carrier. Completed the journey and sold the Trico. Started another journey and bought an Orucase Ninja. That case is soft-sided and way below the 130" total. Flew without charges on SAS five times this summer. Waiting to see what happens when on board with UAL....
https://www.palmtreesahead.com/