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Old Jul 1, 2008 | 8:16 pm
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roundtheworld
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Originally Posted by SeattleFred
A 2P buddy of mine is traveling BTV-IAD-MUC-ORD-ALB.

BTV-IAD is on UX on a CR7; he is waitlisted for an upgrade.
IAD-MUC is on UA (777); he has a confirmed upgrade to C with my SWU.

MUC-ORD is on LH in Y.
ORD-ALB is on UA in Y.

Three calls to UA have provided three different answers regarding the charge for traveling with a bicycle:

CSR1: No charge since trip is international; however, agent failed to send promised email stating policy.

CSR2: Outbound: $100 for domestic leg BTV-IAD; no charge for IAD-MUC.
Return: call LH.

CSR3: $127 each way.

Does UA have a real policy or does one just hope to get lucky?
If oyu have it in a case then it is a toss of a coin as a 1K.
There no distinction between the domestic part and int part of your routing - yes international makes it easier.

USD 100 or 125 depending on when oyu bought ticket -- very silly - each way

http://www.united.com/page/article/0...0.html#bicycle


btw again I had to pay once in my life to pay to take my bike ....
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