Don't fly Emirates with bicycle
 

Nineteen hundred and 20 dollars (1920)for 20 kg of luggage ,I don't recommend to fly with Emirates
I'm cycling around the world and maximum charge for sport equipment with Air Canada ,Lufthansa,KLM is about 50 or 70 dollars.
Emirates on the leg from Dubai to Sydney Australia consider a bicycle just as regular baggage .
This a just friendly advice ,don't fly with Emirates with bicycle if you have another bag with you .
If the flight with Emirates is as a second leg on the same ticket ,no worries but don't begin trip with them from UAE (Emirates Arabs) to Australia or New Zealand

J

seroka, welcome to FlyerTalk! I'll move this to our Emirates Air forum, for discussion. Ocn Vw 1K, Moderator, TravelBuzz.

its not clear on emirates website.. but it maybe that its free for a bicycle to be checked-in

quoted by emirates site at this link: http://www.emirates.com/hk/English/h...x?faqId=214958

Sporting equipment:

As part of your normal checked baggage allowance, Emirates will carry a single surf/snow board or skis up to 9.84 feet (300 cm) long when packed, free of charge.

When checking in equipment such as golf clubs, surfboards and bicycles on an Emirates flight, you must ensure it is correctly packed in a hard shell or packaging sufficiently robust to withstand the usual and normal rigours of carriage by air without sustaining damage. You may not be entitled to claim compensation if your sporting equipment is insufficiently/inadequately packed.


check-out the link.. maybe they wrongfully charge you..

If you exceeded the base luggage allowance then they were quite correct in charging excess baggage fees. Emirates , like many airlines does not class bicycles as an exception to baggage fees

Dave

USD 1920 for a bicycle does not feel right, though. No matter, how the terms and conditions can be read. Actually, USD 1920 for any piece of extra luggage does feel a lot.

It seems they were correct about their charge.

If you do this on a regular base (travelling with your bike) why don't you just ship it with DHL or any other service? Yes, you might not have it with you when you exit the airport, but it would be much cheaper (even on other airlines who charge less)

I am taking my bike with me tomorrow, I contacted EKUK and here is the reply and the Q that I asked.



Thank you for your enquiry.



This will be fine.



Bicycles are counted as part of your standard checked baggage allowance - no special allowance is provided and so if the total checked amount exceeds 30kgs, excess baggage charges will apply.



Kind regards,

Barbara

Emirates UK




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Sent: 27 December 2009 19:48
To: EKUK
Subject: Luggage Question (can I take a bike?)



Hello, I am flying from LHR to BKK on 24/01/10 EK04 then EK372. My question is can I take my bike? I have taken it apart and squeezed into a cardboard box and into a zipped bag with handles. Only the frame and the wheels are in it, the smaller parts are in my case. It measures 900mm x 600mm x 210mm or 35" x 24" x 8". It will not be returning with me. My luggage will be within my weight allowance. There are no parts contianing hazardous materials and the tyres contain no air.

Kind regards

That is a lot for checked luggage. Perhaps the bike was just as is? I can't imagine that but if the bike was in reasonable compact size, the cost sounds off. I don't know Emirates but still...

I feel your pain. I was flying from SYD to BKK and was over 9 kg and they charged me 240 AUD. I should of just took some heavy stuff as my carry on.

Wouldn't it be cheaper to buy one over there in that case?

I was once over by about six kilos flying MAN>DXB>MEL and the excess baggage charge was around 270 GBP or approx $435US.

That hurt.

I am not sure if EK use it for excess fees, but using volumetric weight, bikes can be quite expensive beasts. Even so, the OP does not seem to dispute that he was over the weight limits but hadn't checked what the airlines fees were for excess

Dave

In this case the OP could also have pre purchased the excess allowance online at a discounted rate before the flight.

Anyway, according to the excess baggage calculator, the charge would have been USD 500 for every extra 10 kilos. Unless the luggage was also oversized, I don't see a bike weighing 40 kilos.

Enzo travel
 

Hi,

I usually travel with my ENZO only@:-)

EK or for that sake even DHL or UPS are ok with it as long as they know SCHUMI is gona help me jump start it:p:p:p

Safe Flying

EGT

Presumably Ferraris are verboten now he is driving for Mercedes. :D