Originally Posted by
sungod
Flying with a bike box I've only advised BA twice, the first time the response was along the lines of "why are you wasting your time telling us", the second time (booked via Amex)
they were asking ridiculous questions, including the size of the batteries, er, it's a road bike, the power source is me.
The other 20-30 times I've not bothered, I always arrive early for check-in, perhaps that helps.
I’m surprised to hear that somebody might’ve asked you why you were contacting them. When booking a bike it is useful to just go on the ba.com chat, ask the operator (once you’ve bypassed the annoying bot) and tell them to put a BIKE SSR on your booking together with the dimensions and weight of the bike box.
there is a report that gets generated if more than 5 bike boxes are booked; this is very useful on shorthaul as space can be at a premium. Arriving early could help but in reality bike boxes are loaded last.
If you’re going with a group, or with a bunch of mates, please do that. It ain’t Mary Poppins’ bag down there.