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Going to the US with Continental Airlines does any know how much they charge for ski carriage have phone up and the lady on the phone told me it would cost $600 for me and the girlfriend to take our skis, is this correct?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Website? Mybe she's charging you for an internal and a transatlantic leg each way. $300 doesn't sound crazy though.
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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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| fatbob wrote: |
| Website? Mybe she's charging you for an internal and a transatlantic leg each way. $300 doesn't sound crazy though. |
$300 just to carry skis, wow!!
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Blimey that sounds rather excessive to say the least. BA are coming in for quite a lot of criticism for introducing ski carriage charges at the minute and they only charge £64 to the US!!
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jtobin03, quick look at the website indicates a cost between $40 and $45 for your checked baggage pp, dependant on when the tickets were booked - usually paid at time of ticket booking..
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Blimey. I'm pretty sure it was free when we went (with UA) last year. I have heard Continental are a bit money-grabbing though (not quite ryanair levels, but heading that way) 
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Pretty well all Transatlantic routes have gone from 2 x 23kg bags each to 1 x23 Kg in the last year. Previously the skis would have been one of your 2 free bags. One option is to see if you can spread stuff into a big roller ski bag and one other bag - plus use the usually generous hand luggage weight allowance. Paying an overweight charge on one bag may be worth it. Certainly you should aim to take only one extra bag - not individual ski bags. We will be having 3 pairs in one bag with AA in March 
Continentals rules look a bit stranger - they mention charging for long bags which contain things other than skis...
Last edited by Then you can post your own questions or snow reports... on Tue 3-11-09 23:26; edited 1 time in total
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For what is worth - you can fedex 16kg door to door one way to the US for £133 - and last year US skiers - hit by the charges on internal flights were starting to fedex their skis straight to their hotel... And you don't have to carry the damn things!
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BA are charging about £35 each way for extra bags on transatlantic flights (skis, and other sports equipment, are now treated as any other bag now). Luckily my tickets were sorted early enough to avoid this charge.
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I looked at the website, but as the flights are part of the package, the TO told me that I have to sort the ski carriage out as it is not their airline, (virgin) as that was already full. ( I bet they wanted me to buy their ski rental. I phoned the company and got told $600 after waiting on the lien for 30mins. I am planning on putting all the skis in one bag. I will have one more go later in the month and try to sort this, if not going to risk it and turn up at the airport with them, if the cost is too much then get my dad to take them back with him and just rent.
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Can't comment for continental, but US Airways was 2 bags 32kg max total free when I went, and was still that last time I checked. 3rd bag was $100 each way. And the transatlantic allowance carries over the the internal connection flight, so long as it is booked as a connection.
So skis, boots, and 1 luggage could quite feasibly cost $200 each plus a penalty for not being the right dimensions (although there's probably a specific ski deal).
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jtobin03,
From the sports equipment section of their website
"Continental accepts one item of ski equipment per customer as checked baggage. Ski equipment must be securely encased in a suitable container. An item of ski equipment consists of:
1 pair water skis or 1 water ski bag containing 2 pairs of skis
1 snowboard or 1 snowboard bag containing 2 snowboards
up to 2 pair of snow skis and associated equipment in 1 bag and 1 ski boot bag. (Note: If ski boot bag contains other items in addition to or in place of boots, it will be subject to applicable baggage fees or excess baggage fees.
If applicable, the first ($20) or second bag fee ($30) applies to ski equipment. "
From the checked baggage section on their website
"* Customers who purchased tickets on or after July 21, 2009 for travel on or after Aug. 19, 2009 will be charged $15 for their first checked bag and $25 for their second checked bag when prepaying at continental.com. "
Or looking at the table on the same page - 2 bags first one free, 2nd at a cost of $45 - just substitute the sports equipment for the 2nd bag.
Worth finding out from your TO when the tickets were purchased - The TO is deffinately crap though giving you this lame excuse and making you find out yourself, this is why you use TO surely. I can imagine the sort of help you may get in resort 
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