[DHJUNKIE]

I am leaving for whistler on monday.. i am taking a direct flight outta boston to vancouver what would you guys recommend, the bike cases i can get i was just wondering what u would think of a cardboard box on a direct flight.

Would the bikes still get messed up and stuff? How have you people flown ur bikes, thanks, Mike

 

[valve bouncer]

I am leaving for whistler on monday.. i am taking a direct flight outta boston to vancouver what would you guys recommend, the bike cases i can get i was just wondering what u would think of a cardboard box on a direct flight.

Would the bikes still get messed up and stuff? How have you people flown ur bikes, thanks, Mike

I've put my bike in a box no problems, Japan to Germany via Hong Kong with domestic flights thrown in....no real problems, just make sure it's packed properly in a proper bike box.

 

[Toshi]

and beware that the airline will likely charge you $50 or $75 each way to ship a bike in a bike box (cardboard is fine), and won't ship it in any other packaging.

 

[DHanamal]

If you're flying United, you can get 2 free one way passes from USAcycling.org, if you're a NORBA member. You can also buy 10 packs for $250 I believe.

 

[narlus]

aer lingus is fairly reasonable on the charges; $20 each way, from dublin to geneva.

dhjunkie, i've used a cardboard box plenty of times w/ no issues. although both times i've shipped a bike w/ dual crown forks, i've had to take the fork off the bike for it to fit in the boxes.

 

[w00dy]

I've heard, never tried but I figured I'd throw it out there, that if you tell them it's bike parts instead of a whole bike they waive that charge. The airline people can't care that much, so it might be worth a try

 

[CBJ]

This year I have bought a Crateworks box but I have before used a cardboard bike box. If you do that I can recommend that you buy a roll of duck tape and reinforce the box with that. I did that on my last trip and the box was in much better shape this time and you can also bring it to fix the box for the trip back.

 

[ChrisRobin]

If you use a cardboard box, double it up at certain spots you would think could get damaged. When you're packing your bike, make sure you go a little overkill. You never know.