Real Geeks Ride » cost http://www.realgeeksride.com 2 Geeks biking across the USA to make a point Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:48:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Cost to Bring Your Bicycle on Different Airlines http://www.realgeeksride.com/2009/04/15/cost-to-bring-your-bicycle-on-different-airlines/ http://www.realgeeksride.com/2009/04/15/cost-to-bring-your-bicycle-on-different-airlines/#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2009 01:51:42 +0000 carlos http://www.realgeeksride.com/?p=373 Joe and I will be flying to New York to start our ride on May 20th. We expected a reasonable fee to bring our bikes on the planes. Unfortunately, some airlines hate the ‘wheeled’ kind of people and want you poor. Hopefully this chart helps some new commuters pick the best airline for taking your bike to the relatives for a long weekend.

Many of these airlines will not charge you if the box that you ship your bicycle in is under ~62 linear inches (which most bicycle boxes are not.) These fees were taken as though we were shipping a ‘normal’ size bicycle. This chart is not for people who have foldable bikes (which it appears many airlines will carry for free, or simply the excess baggage fee.) Lastly, these are fees for domestic airlines and domestic flights.

Airline Price Max Weight Notes Direct Link
Frontier ($) $50 99.99 lbs - Link
Southwest Airlines($) $50 - Allow an extra 30 minutes for check-in. Link
JetBlue($) $50-$70 99lbs - Link
AirTran($$) $79 - - Link
Alaska Air / Horizon Air($$) $50- $125 - Chart is confusing. Visit link to confirm you meet the $50. Link
Continental ($$$) $100 - - Link
US Airways ($$$) $100 - - Link
Hawaiian ($$$) $100 70lbs - Link
American Airlines ($$$) $100 70lbs Acceptance conditional on aircraft size and load conditions Link
Northwest Airlines ($$$$) $175 100lbs - Link
Delta ($$$$) $175 - - Link
United ($$$$) $175 50lbs Allow an extra 30 minutes at check-in. Link

Every airline requires that your bicycle be put into a box, or hard case. There is no need to list the many variations of the same exact thing from each airline. Please visit the provided airline link to make sure the packing of your bicycle is correct.

Update 1: It is worthwhile to mention that Amtrak only charges $5-$10 per bike. This may be something to take into consideration if you have more time than money to kill. (Thanks @amodernbird )

 

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