 Poster: A snowHead
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Will be taking a pair of skis with me on EasyJet this year. Have pre-booked skibag. Worried though about how safe they will be etc. I do have a regular (double) soft ski 'housse' bag, and also a hard ski carrier - but prefer to take the lighter weight soft one (will they be safe). Anyone had any skis damaged during flight transport ?
Related point - can anyone recommend a decent ski insurance package. I noticed that most of the ones I've seen have ridiculously low single item allowances (£250-300) - hardly enough to cover theft of a decent pair of skis - at least mine. Do they also cover accidental damage - e.g., by airlines?
House insurance covers 30 days abroad, but wouldn't want to risk it.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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My skis have survived the bag chuckers in soft bags for at least half a dozen flights so far, if I remember right pretty much every ski bag in the pile outside the bar at GVA as we waited for the lardy bus on the last EoSB was a soft one and don't think anyone had any problems!
My Dogtag insurance has £1000 ski gear cover.
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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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They'll be fine - especially if you pad the bag out with clothes/etc to make the most fo your weight allowance.
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As clarky999, says, just put in some padding -although the airlines mostly say you can only carry the skis, I have never had a few clothes as padding queried, and Easyjet aren't one who say the bag can only contain skis anyhow.
I would say that well over 90% of all te skis I have seen being put on flights have been in soft bags (including mine), and I haven't heard of any problems.
Insurance is another matter. Not only are the single item limits usually a bit low, but the standard policies also depreciate skis very fast, soyou basically aren't covered if the skis are more than about 4 years old, and even 1 year old skis aren't covered for anything like their full value.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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That's reassuring about soft ski bags. It seems to really pay to read the small print on the insurance policies. Many often given the impression that your equipment is covered (e.g., up to £5000) but then in the small print it will say that the maximum value for any single item is £150 (including skis)!
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