Poster: A snowHead
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Hello,
I’m looking to ski Chamonix in March 2018, flying from Denver Colorado to Munich/Zurich/Paris or another nearby airport with a good price. I’m getting conflicting information on cost of checking skis. I’ll have skis, boots and a large backpack. What airline is my cheapest option?
I’ve read Swiss air offered free bag check but that doesn’t appear to be the case.
British Airways have good deals to Zurich however if I read their site correctly it seems they will charge me for 2 checked bags, 1 for my boots, 1 for skis, and my backpack counts as my 1 free bag allowance.
Any suggestions?
Do you think it would be a hassle to fly into Munich and travel to Chamonix with skis via train?
Thank you for reading this.
Alan
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@LakeChutes, The nearest international airport is Geneva.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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BA is easy - all your ski kit plus avy bag if you have one in a roller coffin under 23kg. Free and checked. Boots in a standard roll on. Smaller bag for laptop,personals to fit under seat if necessary.
In your case I'd pack the empty backpack into the coffin.
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@LakeChutes, I thought Swiss was free. Zurich to Chamonix a pita.
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@LakeChutes, I thought Swiss was free. Zurich to Chamonix a pita. |
I've done CHX to Basel to meet a friend and hire car for a previously planned weekend in Engelberg. Was doable by rail after a day's skiing. I'd have thought on a Swiss transfer ticket you could get all the way to Chatelard-Frontiere via Martigny from Zurich.
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SBB timetable has ZRH flughafen to Martigny under 3.5 hours via Lausanne.
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@LakeChutes, as @rjs said you should be looking at Geneva. It's an hour from Chamonix and you pick up a minibus transfer easily in the airport for about €25, that will drop you to the door of your accommodation
Swissair offer free bag (and free ski carriage) if you book economy or business class. The cheapest economy ticket does not allow much more than carry on I think
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@Dave of the Marmottes, but it's significantly longer than an hour's transfer from Gva.
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Yebbut if the direct flight from DEN is not to GVA not a lot of help is it. All I'm saying is ZRH isn't a disaster. Though if its BA routing through LHR can't see why GVA isn't possible bar some pricing glitch that makes ZRH far more attractive.
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@Dave of the Marmottes, pretty sure no directs DEN-GVA (reasonably sure not DEN-ZRH either so a change required somewhere - so GVA arrival almost certainly best idea...)
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You know it makes sense.
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It may work out cheaper all round if you choose the cheapest air fare and pay extra for checking the ski bag. You could also fly to Paris and train to GVA if time not limited.
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