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Compiled by George Farnsworth © 1998 thru 2008
Submitted experiences plus those found on rec.bicycles.rides and other related newsgroups and mailing lists (Touring@phred.org, Eurobike@egroups.com, etc.).
377 Titles -- 476 Articles
$200 for bike to Berlin * About this Project *
A Good Experience with EasyJet A problem with regional jets
Adventure Cycling Aer Lingus [2]
Aer Lingus and boxed bikes Aer Lingus requires box
Aer Lingus says: BOX YOUR BIKE Aer Lingus, Dec 2005, Boston to Dublin
Aer Lingus: New Procedures Aeroflot (Amsterdam-Moscow-Tashkent)
Air Canada - Halifax to Copenhagen and back Air Canada - No more free bikes? [2]
Air Canada Bike Charges Air Canada now charges!
Air Canada SFO-YUL-SFO Air Canada to Montreal from San Jose, CA
Air Canada to Spain Air Canada YVR-LHR with bikes
Air Canada, Tango Air France [3]
Air France - good but issues Air France charging overweight for bicycles in suitcases
Air France Damage Indifference Havana-Manchester Air France misroutes bikes
Air France –TGV – TRICO Iron Case Reviews Air New Zealand
Air Newzealand Air Transat, Halifax airport (NS)
Air travel to Vienna with Boxed Tandem on Lufthansa United SAS & Austrian Aircaddy, An Easy To Use Bicycle Shipping Box
Airline Bike Boxes Airline Bike Policy
Airline CEO Email Addresses Airline Policy [5]
Airline Travel bag - Rome Bike Bags [2] Airline weight allowance since 9-11 [2]
Airlines Double Prices for Flying Bikes Overseas Airlines, good and bad bike handling.
AirNZ now charges for Bicycles Airport Security
AirTran Bicycle Policy - $65 AirTran charges for S&S bikes
Alaska Airlines Alaska, Yukon, Western Canada bags/armour?
Alitalia - bike lost for 3 days in Italy Alitalia requires bike travel bag
America West & LAB Deal America West Airlines
American Airlines [11] American Airlines - DEN-CDG 2008 new
American Airlines Admirals Club Showers American Airlines Not Free and Easy
American Airlines/TGV Trains in France American Airlines/Vancouver Cycling/WestJet/Trico Hard Case/Canadian Rockies
Amsterdam - Dublin with Aer Lingus Ansett Airline
Argentina on Delta Airlines ATA
ATA Airlines -- Honolulu, HI Auckland-LA-Vancouver-Stockholm with British Airways
Australia cycle bicycle tour Austria, France Slovenia, Norway
Avoid Air France if you can BA broke my bike
Baggage Rule Change on Taca Airline Bags vs. Boxes ... (a continuing debate)
Bali, Indonesia Bangkok to Amsterdam
Bicycle bags bicycle land travel in malaysia
Bicycle on Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) Bicycle padded airline Bag
Bicycle Travel Bag for airline, car Bicycle Travel Bags for Airlines
Bicycle with Thai Airways Bicycles and Emirates UAE to/from Australia
Bike across the ocean - Lufthansa [2] Bike box
Bike boxes at London airport; Lost bike - Alitalia. Bike boxes, airports Dordogne
Bike Damaged by Poor TSA Repack Bike Friday, Atlanta to Korea
Bike Friendly Travel Agency Bike on US Air June 2003
Bike Pro Case Bike Route Map from Frankfurt Airport to Frankfurt.
BikeFriday since 9/11 Bikes & Batteries
bikes as luggage Bikes at Milan Malpensa airport
Bikes Fly Free [10] Bikes on Aer Lingus and cycling in England
Bikes on Air Canada & Air New Zealand, Vancouver to Auckland Bikes on Air New Zealand
Bikes on Cathay Pacific and Vietnam Airlines Bikes on public transport in Finland
Bikes on trains in France Bikes on Trains to London Stansted Airport; Buzz Airlines from Stansted
Bikes on West jet new Bikes to and in Zambia
Bikes to New Zealand from UK bmi baby east midlands to palm 2006
BMIBaby East Midlands to Palma 2006 BOB Trailer travel system
Boston, Massacusetts (Logan) Boxes Prohibited on American Airlines for Xmas
British Airways [4] British Airways -- Lost Luggage
BRITISH AIRWAYS AND REGIONAL PLANES British Airways and the Bike Box
British Airways Boeing 767 British Airways leaving from Germany
British Airways, Qantas, London-Christchurch British Airways: Bikes fly free!
British Airways: Hamburg-Heathrow British Midland Airlines
Buying/Traveling with Dutch Bikes Buzz
Buzz Airlines - Buzzaway Cambodia - Phnom Penh
Canada 3000 Airlines [3] Canadian Airline updates
Canadian Airlines [3] Cathay Pacific [3]
Cathay Pacific, Perth to Delhi and back to Perth China Airlines [2]
China Airlines (Amsterdam to Bangkok) China Eastern Airlines
China Southern - Worst Airline on the Planet China Southern Airlines
China, Thailand, Laos Continental - Bicycle Policy
Continental Airlines [4] Continental Airlines Bike Baggage Policy
Continental Airlines, TSA; TRICO Iron Case, Trains in Italy and Venice Water Taxis Continental Airlines/Fiumicino Airport
Corsair Corsair and air France
Costa Rica Crushed boxed frame flying Dublin - Budapest with Aer Lingus, refused compensation
Cubana Airlines Cuzco: AeroPeru
Czech Airlines (CSA) Czech Airlines, Prague Airport
Dahon Speed 7 Dahons on United
Dallas Love Field airport and Bikes deflated, inflated, boxed, whatever
Delta Airline experiences Delta Airlines [13]
Delta Airlines -- Canvas Bags Delta Airlines - The unfriendly Skies
Delta Airlines charges Bikers, not Golfers Delta Airlines experience
Delta Airlines Extortion! Delta Airlines Fee now $100
Delta Airlines Oversize Bag Fee Delta fiasco
Delta's current policies. PLEASE FILE A COMPLAINT Disastrous Delta
Does anyone have experience with traveling Alaska Airlines? don't believe the hype!
Downtube Folding Bike Dragon Air
Dragonair Airline Easyjet Liverpool
EasyJet makes it easy EasyJet now insist that bikes must be either boxed or bagged
Easyjet require bikes to be bagged or boxed EasyJet v. Ryanair
Easyjet, Zurich El-Al Airline
EMIRATES - BEWARE Europe with Folders
EXCELLENT service on Air France checking bike as baggage Excess baggage charge for bicycle
extremely high overweight price ( Czech airlines) Falkland Islands Government Air System (FIGAS)
Fiumicino airport - Rome won't take bikes unboxed (flying Emirates) Fleeced for bike boxes at Frankfurt Airport
Flew two for free on U.S. Air / United Flights to Tenerife
Flybe Flying Air France with a bicycle
Flying NWA with bike - a horror story Flying since 1/1/2003 (Screening)
Flying Stansted to Malaga with Easyjet Flying with a BF after 9-11
Flying with bike Flying with bikes from Luton with Easyjet
Flying with bikes since 9-11 [2] Flying with Bikes Since 9-11 into Dulles Airport
Folders on Southwest Airlines Folding, S&S coupling, mailing and carry on stuff
Frankfurt airport Frankfurt-am-Main Airport
Free Bikes on Skyservice From Canada Free transport on British Airways flights 2001
Fudging Your Way Around Carry-On Weight & Number Limits Garuda - The Airline of Indonesia
Garuda sport equipment policy Good News for British Airways travelers
Good trip with SAS Gulf Air, Delhi Taxis & Delhi-Manali & Shimla-Delhi HP Luxury AC bus
Gulf Air, Jet Airways Hawaii - Biking travel tips
Hawaiian Airlines Hong Kong, China
How we did it! Hungary's Ferihegy Airport
IATA Passenger Air Tariff regulations Iberia - baggage and bike allowance
Iberia Airlines [2] Iberia Airlines: Returning from Santiago de Compostela [2]
Iberian Airlines-Geneva Icelandic Air [3]
Independence Air and bikes International travel with tandem on American Airlines.
Into Venice out of Florence Ireland
IronCase Israel Tel Aviv Airport, Arkia Airlines
Japan Airlines Jet Airway to Leh
Jet Blue – Fort Lauderdale, Florida to LaGuardia Airport NYC and then Stuart, New York back to Fort Jetairfly - Corsica bad deal
Jetstar vs Virgin Blue (Australia) Excess Baggage for Bikes KLM
KLM airlines, fees, policy, boxes KLM, Birmingham, Guatemala City, Chile, Santiago, Buenos Aires
KLM: Chicago to Amsterdam and back Korean Airlines
Kudos to SAA Kuwait airlines
LANChile, Buenos Aires,Santiago,Easter Island,Tahiti Libyan Arab Airlines
Liverpool, Easyjet Airlines Loire Valley Tour
London (Heathrow) London Stanstead to Carcassonne with Ryanair
Lost my bike (Istanbul Airport) LOT Polish Airlines
LTU International Airways Lufthansa [2]
Lufthansa and München lufthansa bent my frame
Lufthansa bike shipping Luggage Inspection Since 9-11
Malaysian Air System,Auckland-KL, KL-Yangon (Rangoon) Manchester to Rimini with AirTours
Melbourne to Denver via Tokyo, LA Melbourne-Tokyo-Heathrow (Qantas/JAL)
Mexicana nightmare Miami to Paris and back via Air France
Mixed Experiences on QANTAS Montpellier, France
More problems with Alitalia Moving to Japan
MTBs Heathrow->Phoenix New fees (KLM)
New Travel Rules (Weight Limits) Next time, you'll have to pay (Delta)
Nice - Cote d'Azur Nice Airport a good place to start a bike trip
Nice, France [2] No more free bags from Icelandair
No Packing Northern Thailand
Northwest Airlines Northwest Airlines changes its bike transport policy on international flights
Northwest Airlines Experience? Northwest let oversized box go to France for free!
Not charged on Frontier Denver to San Diego NWA Bike Policy
NWA policy 2007 NZ to Oz August 2002
Olympic Airways - Regulations Packing for bikes on planes
Paris, France (de Gaulle) Pittsburgh, PA to Tucson, AZ via United Airlines - BikeFriday
Portsmouth - St Malo Ferry, TER Trains and British Airways Portugal and bicycle
Portugal: Trains, Planes and Buses post from thorntree about Delta Airlines
Qantas Airlines [8] Qantas from Canada to Australia and return..
Quantas and tandems Recent trip to Marseille
Rhodes, Greece ripped off (by United Airlines)
Road Works on approach road to Stansted Airport Royal Air Moroc
Royal Airlines [2] Ryan air
Ryanair [9] Ryanair experience
Ryanair ok S&S Folding bikes on Air France
S&S Machine Couplings [2] SAA (South African Airways)
San Francisco to Milan on Lufthansa San Francisco, California (SFO)
Santiago de Compostella (Spain) SAS [2]
Schiphol SFO to CDG (Paris) July 2003
Silk Air / Singapore Airlines (Chiang Mai, Thailand / Singapore / Sydney) Singapore (SIN) to San Francisco (SFO) on United
Singapore Air, Sydney-Delhi via Singapore Singapore Airlines [4]
Singapore Airlines - new bike policy Singapore Airlines (Sydney, Australia / Singapore / Taipei, Taiwan), Taiwanese taxi.
Singapore Airlines Policy on Bikes 10 09 2004 Southwest Airlines [2]
Southwest Airlines & Gorillium Systems Bike Box Southwest Airlines and Co-Pilot
Southwest Airlines bicycle policy Stoves [2]
Sucessful mono-tube recumbent airline travel tip Suitcase Bike Is For Real
Swiss Rail, SwissAir, Trico Sports Taca Airline, JFK, Buenos Aires
Taipei / Taiwan - Kuala Lumpur - Rome with Malaysia Air Taipei, Taiwan
Taking bicycle OZ to NZ Taking Bike to Europe
Tandems and airlines [3] Thai Airlines and China South West
Thai Airways and China Airlines Thai Airways from Bangkok
The Train in Spain Toronto to Florida via NW Air $$$$$
Touring Mexico: Guadalajara to Acapulco Transporting Bike from Singapore to Thailand
Transporting folding bike in jumbo suitcase Traveling with bikes for FREE
Traveling with Iceland Air Tricks with Airlines
Trips to Ireland Tunisia
Turkey loves bikes Turkey: airlines and airports
Turkish Airlines is not our friend Two bicycles with Air France (one folding, one regular)
U.S. Airways Severely Damages Unpacked Bikes UK Bike Shipped to the US Foot and Mouth Free
Uneventful flight across US, 2005 Unhappy experience: Boston--Milan--Marseille
United United Airlines [11]
United Airlines DROPPED my bike new United Airlines imposes second-bag fee
United Airlines now charges $80 United Airlines Osaka, Japan to San Francisco, CA
United Airlines. Minneapolis to Heathrow United to Hawaii
United, Air Canada and BikeFriday United, Ansett Airlines
US Air Approves Replacement of Damaged Case through TRIALL3sports US Airways [3]
Vanguard Airlines VeloTrunk
Very good experience with Northwest Airlines Video on How to Pack or Box your Bike for Airline Travel or Shipping
Virgin and Recumbent Trikes Virgin Atlantic Airlines
Virgin Atlantic SFO-LHR Virgin Blue
Virgin Blue (Australia) Virgin Blue, Pacific Blue and Christchurch Airport
Virgin not helpful at SFO Website for Airline Bike Check-in policy and fees
Westjet mashes bikes Will Delta's Policy become standard?
Xinjiang Airlines (Kyrgyzstan to Urumqi/China)  
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