Hi Everyone,
I'm going to get my riding season started early next February
in California. I'm in the process of picking an airline that takes
bicycles and I've only checked out Air Canada online and got a price
of $561.00 plus $50.00 each way for the bicycle. Any advice from
members who have travelled with their bicycles on airlines would be
much appreciated. I will be staying with my niece who lives in
Oakland. Her husband is an emergency room doctor in Oakland and
hopefully I won't be needing his services while I'm there. I'm on my
own except for weekends. I have relatives in San Francisco, Walnut
Creek and Sacramento and will likely take my Trek520 instead of my
full suspension. Though I do like single track, this is my first ever
trip to California and seeing new sights such as along the Pacific
coast and all the touristy stuff, my touring bike would be better
though I will rent a car for a few days. I'll be gone 11 days, leaving
Wednesday returning the 2nd Sunday. I have looked at BikeRadar.com but
won't be doing any bicycle route planning till I get my travel
arrangements done first.
What I had in mind was to load up my front and rear panniers and
push my bike into the terminal and check it as single item while
taking one carry on bag. Is this a workable idea or does it need work?
Could I get a direct flight to San Francisco from Hamilton? I would
think the check in people at Hamilton would be more friendly to a
cyclist than the people at yyz. Any advice would be much appreciated.
Fred Lee