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Date: 29 Oct 2007 20:53:45
From: Mike Jacoubowsky
Subject: AirFrance bike charges
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AirFrance leads the way, charging $150 SFO-CDG (Paris) outbound, and 150
*Euros* (about $210) return. That from an airline headquartered in one of
the world's more bike-friendly countries.
$80-$100 each way is rapidly becoming the norm, although as of last July,
United was still allowing a bike as a piece of checked luggage, providing it
met the weight requirement (50 pounds total, including packaging). This may
have changed by now; hard to believe an airline would overlook an
opportunity for revenue enhancement these days!
--Mike Jacoubowsky
Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReaction.com
Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA
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Date: 29 Oct 2007 16:22:32
From: landotter
Subject: Re: AirFrance bike charges
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Mike Jacoubowsky wrote:
> AirFrance leads the way, charging $150 SFO-CDG (Paris) outbound, and 150
> *Euros* (about $210) return. That from an airline headquartered in one of
> the world's more bike-friendly countries.
>
Just bring your pedals and mount them up on a Velib! :-D
Seriously, though--if I get another go-fast road bike, news like this
sure does push me towards something like a Ritchey Break-Away.
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Date: 31 Oct 2007 01:50:53
From: Dennis P. Harris
Subject: Re: AirFrance bike charges
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On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:22:32 -0700 in rec.bicycles.misc,
landotter <landotter@gmail.com > wrote:
> Seriously, though--if I get another go-fast road bike, news like this
> sure does push me towards something like a Ritchey Break-Away.
i've already decided that my next and last bike will be a custom
fat tire ti touring bike built by roark with ti couplers and
their custom suitcase. living in a part of alaska where alaska
airlines has no competition and charges $50 each segment has
gotten real tiresome.
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