Thank You⦠My bag is hardshell and it is a bit heavy. I like the idea with bigger but lighter bag!
Some european airlines have limit of 15kg and every kg over that is 20 euro extra charge
Good one!!!
But i donāt think the low cost airline would go for it. They charge even more for ālargeā sport equipment and music instruments⦠but i might try it some day
I think the same airline Ryanair has an option to go 20 or 15 + 15 but you have to pay a bit more. You are allowed to have 10kg of hand luggage.
The luxury of flying low cost european airline
I havenāt tried Ryanair yet, so let me know how is it going if you try. Uni usually is bulky and in strange shape, but my uni luggage was usually quite light.
I was flying with Lufthansa and Eurolot and nobody cared that it is oversize (even for checked-in luggage) as long as it was in the weight limit.
Iāve never had a problem travelling with my uni but the treatment of your baggage differs per airline.
Iāve taken my 20" trials uni as carry-on on a budget carrier once. Everyone looked stressed but they didnāt stop me.
On Air Canada, I didnāt have a bag for my 29" muni so I put it in a large garbage bag and taped a āFragile stickerā on it. Worked fine.
At the last Unicon in Italy, I packed a 24" and a 29" uni in a wheel bag with my (limited) clothes and toiletries in a shoe bag between the wheels. All checked in under 15kg as regular luggage.
Here are my experiences:
(29" wheel in a separate bag), frame and seat in the big backpack. Someone told me to declare thatās a circus prop and not a bike (to avoid paying extra chargesā¦)
-ALITALIA (some times): no charges
-LUFTHANSA (2 times): no charges
-CHINA EASTERN AIRLINES (4 times): 3 times no charges (even if I passed the maximum kg amount permitted), once Iāve paid 30 eurosā¦
-TURKISH AIRLINES (2 times): (even if I passed the maximum kg amount permitted)
Twice, after Xray inpections, they asked me to open the bag and show them what was insideā¦
Once the seat-seatpost was misdiagnosed: from the Xray they thought it was a hammerā¦