Originally Posted by
callmedave
'Sactly. €100 hiring kit for 2 days in Switzerland goes a fair way towards buying even the most basic beginner board that's already miles better to ride than the ones you're offered in-resort. Particularly if you frequent a fridge/dry slope too.
I'll be throwing as much into my board bag as I can get away with on the weight side of things, and everything else will go into my wheeled small case that I can either take onboard, or check in depending on whether I've POUG-ed one leg of the journey or not.
In answer to the OP's original question, I think LH are unusual in *not* charging for skis as a second bag.
To which I'd say, 1) if you're skiing (or boarding) in Switzerland then either you can afford it or they've seen you coming a mile off; and 2) it's not that long ago that skis were universally free - I can even remember not paying to take my skis on Britannia charters to the Alps in the mid 90's.