Originally Posted by
villi
I travel frequently with snowboard gear. Often, the counter agent looks around for someone to tell him/her what to do. I gladly pull up the website on my iPhone and voila, the policy says I should not be charged for the snowboard bag.
This has happened in several stations...me thinks there is not enough training on this subject.
There isn't enough training and I have done the same. In fact, I show up at the airport with that page pre-loaded on my phone. I don't mind as long as... (see below)
Originally Posted by
rockrich
I've traveled dozens of times with my ski bag. It is checked in like any other bag, no extra charge. I stuff it with a lot of gear, never has been a problem
...the agents don't know the website
also says the bags cannot contain additional items. This is one of those situations where the agents not being trained on all the rules is helpful. I don't stuff the bags full, but you can jam quite a bit of accessories into the boot bag.
