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Jan 13, 2014 | 4:38 am

#154

wethereyet

Join Date: Oct 2013

Location: Van down by the river

Programs: UA GS, AA EXP, Marriott PP/LT Plat, Golden Circle Diamond

Posts: 718

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Originally Posted by porciuscato

I've flown two round trips with my bike in domestic first and two in Global first and wasn't charged. In the case of the domestic flights, the saving on bike fees roughly equaled the first-class fare premia. I did get charged the one time I flew in domestic coach.

Another data point: the coach flight was with a Trek 5700 triple that I bought from a nice little shop in Redwood City. The 1st class flights were with a Cervelo P3C. You can develop your own theories around this.

I have actually had an agent forget to charge me once while traveling with my bike. And that's out of probably 20+ times.

You've just been very lucky as fare class has no bearing on waivers for shipping a bike box.

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