jumpseating with a BIKE

[relief tube]

anyone tried it in the past, namely on Delta or United? Does United have a box?

Did it work out or was it lost or in peices? Gotta get it on 2 legs to get it home.

Thanks in advance.

 

[shamrock]

I non-revved on Delta and they charged me $80 to get my (already boxed) bike up to my parents house, but a guys I work with tells me he doesn't get charged when he takes his bike to races.

I don't know if you're only trying to get the bike to home and will then leave it there or how valuable it is, but I would suggest getting it boxed up by a local bike shop if you can. My bike came through relatively unscathed but one of the crankarms broke through the bottom of the box and the end got scuffed up.

I'm interested if anyone else has some info about this. I'd love to find a safe, relatively inexpensive way to travel with my bike but it seems safe and inexpensive are mutually exclusive.

 

[Twotter76]

Send it Fedex. With the airline discount its cheaper than taking it with you on the plane and the headaches are substantially reduced. I have done this several times and never had a problem. Usually ends up being 50-70 bucks depending on the weight of the box. Soooooooo much easier than dragging it around the airport. If you travel with the bike frequently get a hard case off ebay...

 

[chuychanga]

Continental allows non-revs one free piece of sports equipment (bike, surfboard, skis, whatever). I don't know if it's just for employees or for offline jumpseaters too, but you might check into it.

 

[LAMESAUCE]

it cost me 60 bucks coast to coast incl. box to ship it fedex ground. plus, saves the hassle.

 

[propjockey]

That sounds pretty high, actually. A few years ago I shipped a 130 lb box, that was bigger dimensionally than any bike box I've ever seen, from DEN to ORD via FedEx 2nd Day Air using our interline 75% discount (thanks, FedEx!!). It only cost me about $40 to send it.

At the time, I assumed ground would be cheaper, but was told the discount didn't apply there. 2nd Day Air was cheaper by far!

 

[PumpkinPony]

That sounds pretty high, actually. A few years ago I shipped a 130 lb box, that was bigger dimensionally than any bike box I've ever seen, from DEN to ORD via FedEx 2nd Day Air using our interline 75% discount (thanks, FedEx!!). It only cost me about $40 to send it.

At the time, I assumed ground would be cheaper, but was told the discount didn't apply there. 2nd Day Air was cheaper by far!

Same here.. I've overnighted bikes twice on FedEx; first one was $30, the second cost me all of $13. I'm not sure why the difference there (maybe box size) but darn cheap in comparison to worrying about what the airline is doing to it.

edit: the best thing - it's delivered right to your front door step!

 

[Burt Reynolds]

I bought a box at the UPS store for $15 and non-revved on AA from Chicago to Dallas and wasn't charged any extra... I should have put some extra cardboard over the rear wheel axels though because they poked through the box. No damage though. Had to take the front wheel, pedals, seat, and handle bar off to get it in the box. It was a real pain in the ass to deal with in the airport and going to the employee lot, but I'm glad that I have my bike now.

 

[Wankel7]

I was thinking about doing this also...

I looked at SWA's policy on it and if it is dimensionally 62 inches it is free.

 

[Jeff Helgeson]

Exactly

Send it Fedex. With the airline discount its cheaper than taking it with you on the plane and the headaches are substantially reduced. I have done this several times and never had a problem. Usually ends up being 50-70 bucks depending on the weight of the box. Soooooooo much easier than dragging it around the airport. If you travel with the bike frequently get a hard case off ebay...

FEDEX has great deals for airline employees to ship things.

 

[USCtrojan]

Dhl

I non-revved on Delta and they charged me $80 to get my (already boxed) bike up to my parents house, but a guys I work with tells me he doesn't get charged when he takes his bike to races.

I don't know if you're only trying to get the bike to home and will then leave it there or how valuable it is, but I would suggest getting it boxed up by a local bike shop if you can. My bike came through relatively unscathed but one of the crankarms broke through the bottom of the box and the end got scuffed up.

I'm interested if anyone else has some info about this. I'd love to find a safe, relatively inexpensive way to travel with my bike but it seems safe and inexpensive are mutually exclusive.

Shamrock,

I've had problems in the past with this too. If you have the time (not racing), I would suggest using our discount to ship on DHL. Fed Ex I want to say charged around $50 in the past, but I think DHL would be cheapest with our discount. If you have a hard case, it works out great!

Trojan

 

[Wankel7]

How much of a discount?

I have the USAA one and that is good for 25 percent on express and 10 percent on ground... better than that?

 

[USCtrojan]

Shipping Bikes

How much of a discount?

I have the USAA one and that is good for 25 percent on express and 10 percent on ground... better than that?

Sorry, didn't clarify. DHL gives a Delta discount. ASA employees, as I understand it, can take advantage of that.

Trojan

 

[erichartmann]

anyone tried it in the past, namely on Delta or United? Does United have a box?

Did it work out or was it lost or in peices? Gotta get it on 2 legs to get it home.

Thanks in advance.

It's not Delta or United, but if you don't mind traveling in the middle of the night, and can ride on ABX (i.e. you're a crewmember and your company has a CASS agreement with them, you can carry it on the aircraft in most cases.