Originally Posted by missydarlin
with all due respect, the LAX ticket counter likely checks just as many (if not more) surfboards for the mexico vacations as they do snowboards. surfboards always incur a fee... snowboards don't... hardly moronic ... just a mistake (unless we are missing some info here like it was really an excess bag fee instead of an oversize fee)
I've never seen a 6'6" snowboard (which is about as small as surfboards get). A 2'*6' object vs. a 1'*4' object. Adult sized vs. Child sized. The two are not easily confused.
They may not be common, but I did book a ski vacation using Alaska equipment in August of last year, PDX-CHC, FWIW. The Alaska counter in PDX sees quite a bit of ski/snowboard traffic all summer as well, especially on weekends.