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Gary S. wrote:
On 28 Dec 2005 19:45:39 -0800, "TexasSkiNut" wrote: I've met two different people who were both hassled by airline clerks for having clothes in their ski bag. One was able to talk his way out Oh yeah, I forgot to add that the standard advice to contact your airline for clarification will probably only yield a recitation of their posted regulations. I was trip leader for some of our ski club trips and tried in vain to get any of the airlines to confirm that using clothes as padding was acceptable, even though they all admitted they had allowed it in the past. It basically boils down to what kind of day the agent checking you in has had and how desperate the airline is for money. There may be times where having a printed copy of that airline's luggage policies with you would be helpful, taken from their own website. The way you approach the clerk will matter very much. Yelling and screaming and being obnoxious is likely to get every possible extra charge added on. Happy trails, Gary (net.yogi.bear) My problem was that the posted regulations stated that ski bags were for "skiing equipment" only. Accepted practice at most airlines at that time was to allow clothes, etc., but some were just starting to charge extra. What I was looking for was confirmation that clothes would be allowed. None of the airlines were willing to say they'd allow it, although we lucked out and didn't have any problems. They seem a little more lenient when there's a group of 30-40 checking in at one time. Only problems we had were one woman got called back because her ski boots were somehow identified as "possible explosives" by the screeners, and another idjit tried to check a hanging bag with no tag on it other than the one put on by the airline. It was slick nylon and they tried to just stick the tag on it. He got it back about a week after we returned. |
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