A couple of personal experiences:

Charges are for flight segments. I was charged twice on a trip to
hawaii, then again on the return.

Large bikes don't always fit into cases.

If your case is heavy, the combined weight can incur overweight
charges, which I recall as 65 lbs, but that was some time ago.

My conclusion: If I'm traveling within the US, its often better to
just rent something. If I'm going to Costa Rica, better to take my own
bike.

On 4/30/07, Candi Murray wrote:
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> Mike and I both have coupled bikes. His is a Ritchey and mine is a Belinky.
> We have never been charged for a bike.
>
>
> Candi
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org] On
> Behalf Of gschreckchat@comcast.net
> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 8:15 AM
> To: Angela McCanna; 'Andrew Reed'; obra@list.obra.org
> Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Looking for advice on a travel case.
>
>
> I tend to find that whenever a U.S. airline hears the word bike, they
> immediately charge a fee which ranges from $50 to $80 each way. It does not
> seem to matter what case it is in. Since most of the U.S. airlines are
> looking for additional revenue, they will use any pretext to charge an
> additional fee. I have had them try to charge me a fee for my bike which
> has couplers and fits in a suitcase. Now I do not mention that there is a
> bike inside.
>
> --
>
> George Schreck
> gschreckchat@comcast.net
> (503) 502-0425
>
> -------------- Original message --------------
> From: "Angela McCanna"
>
> > Ditto! We are looking at the 2007 Sci-Con Evolution cases. They are pretty
> > expensive ($750 from BikeMania.biz), but have some decent features that
> make
> > them stand out. But, in the interest of economics, has anyone ever tried
> > either the Thule travel case or the VeloSafe II (for two bikes)?
> >
> > Oh, side note. All of the bike case dimensions are well below the airline
> > maximums (United) for "oversize" baggage. The Sci-Con Evolution cases are
> > the lightest at 25 lbs (25 lbs BELOW the max weight of 50 per bag). So, if
> > we are each bringing a backpack and one bike case, how likely is it that
> we
> > will not have to pay the "oversize baggage fee? Any experiences here?
> >
> > Thanks, All.
> >
> &g t; Sco tt & Angela McCanna
> > Salem, Oregon USA
> > gonespinning@msn.com
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org] On
> > Behalf Of Andrew Reed
> > Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 7:02 AM
> > To: obra@list.obra.org
> > Subject: [OBRA Chat] Looking for advice on a travel case.
> >
> > Anyone out there ever try a Sci-Con Aero case?
> > What else is good?
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