The article says bikes, but yeah, I won't believe it until I see it. And just like how some cops don't know the bike laws, there will still be ticket agents for quite a while that don't know and will try like hell to charge the $150.

Looks like United led the way. Anybody had a $30 bike fee from them?

Just looked at the American site and under bicycles it is specifically listed that they are charged standard checked bags fees as long as they are under 50 lbs. This is excellent news as so many airlines make it cost prohibitive to fly with your bike.

I missed where it specified bicycles - excellent!


I'm pretty sure all United did was reduce the cost for a surf board and only if traveling to California.

Unless United just very recently changed again, their change to no “bike fees” is terrible. They charge your bike case as any regular price of luggage, so if it’s oversized (everything but the ninja style cases) then it’s going to cost you more than their old bike fee. Oversized baggage fee is $200. Plus they also then charge you for any other checked bags too, even if you have status and they would otherwise be free. So your other checked bag will also now cost you $30.

If you can fly Alaska, they've been $25 for more than a year now and specifically call out bikes as part of it. I've been hoping other airlines would eventually follow suit.

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I just went to both American and Uniteds' websites.
United is under 50 lbs and 62 (L+W+H) inches to count as a normal bag.
American is under 50 lbs and 126 (L+W+H) inches to count as a normal bag

American uses the same rules for golf while United does away with the inch requirement totally.
(I thought cycling was the new golf)

So, American is a great improvement - most normal (Like the whole Thule line) bike cases will fit that limit.
United still sucks with that 62" limit.