{"id":395024,"date":"2010-03-05T16:18:56","date_gmt":"2010-03-05T21:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"tag:consumerist.com,2010:\/\/1.10002926"},"modified":"2010-03-05T16:20:18","modified_gmt":"2010-03-05T21:20:18","slug":"whats-the-best-airline-for-bringing-my-bike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/395024","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s The Best Airline For Bringing My Bike?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\/assets_c\/2010\/03\/bikeplane-thumb-350x233-37821.jpg\">         <\/p>\n<p>After yesterday&#8217;s story about <a href=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\/2010\/03\/cyclists-take-their-beef-with-united-airlines-to-facebook.html\" >cyclists being unhappy with United&#8217;s exorbitant fee to check bikes on their planes<\/a>, the folks over at Bicycling wrote to share their breakdown of the best and worst airlines for when you&#8217;re taking your wheels with you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE BEST:<\/strong><br \/>\nAccording to Bicycling, JetBlue, Frontier and Southwest are the bee&#8217;s knees, with each charging only $50 for placing your bike on board. Additionally, they note that Frontier will transport your bike by hand from the ticket counter to the plane. <\/p>\n<p><strong>THE WORST:<\/strong><br \/>\nBecause of the sky-high fees, on the following airlines, Bicycling.com doesn&#8217;t advise trying to stash your bikes on board: Delta\/Northwest ($175); United ($175); American ($100 + regular checked bag fee of $20-$30). Also of concern to United passengers, their weight limit is only 50lbs, so don&#8217;t plan on packing your expensive bike in a hard case<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOT AS BAD:<\/strong><br \/>\nThey list U.S. Airways and Continental as &#8220;in the middle,&#8221; with each charging $100 for your bike. However, U.S. Airways makes you sign a liability waiver and Continental not only has a low weight limit of 70 lbs, they will not offer liability for soft cases. <\/p>\n<p>In addition to rating the airlines, Bicycling also has some helpful tips for travelers:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Don&#8217;t use the bike bag as your suitcase. Some carriers assess both oversize and overweight charges.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Read your airline&#8217;s policy carefully. United, for example, will not take packed bikes over 50 pounds, period. They also charge extra on flights to Japan and Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022CO2 cartridges are prohibited in all checked bags and carry-ons.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Checked bag liability usually tops out at $3,300 for domestic flights. Damage must be proved. Check your homeowner&#8217;s policy to see if it covers items damaged in travel.<\/p>\n<p>*Finally, it&#8217;s an urban myth that your tires will burst in the cargo hold &#8212; there&#8217;s no need to deflate them. <\/p>\n<p>For the full listing and more tips, go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bicycling.com\/article\/0,6610,s1-3-12-21342-1,00.html\" >Bicycling.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After yesterday&#8217;s story about cyclists being unhappy with United&#8217;s exorbitant fee to check bikes on their planes, the folks over at Bicycling wrote to share their breakdown of the best and worst airlines for when you&#8217;re taking your wheels with you. THE BEST: According to Bicycling, JetBlue, Frontier and Southwest are the bee&#8217;s knees, with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5519,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-395024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5519"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=395024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395024\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}