{"id":1690,"date":"2021-01-15T06:15:28","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T06:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oldglorymtb.com\/?p=1690"},"modified":"2021-01-15T06:15:28","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T06:15:28","slug":"how-to-avoid-excessive-bike-baggage-fees-when-flying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oldglorymtb.com\/how-to-avoid-excessive-bike-baggage-fees-when-flying\/","title":{"rendered":"[How To] Avoid Excessive Bike Baggage Fees When Flying"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1748\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1748\" style=\"width: 253px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oldglorymtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/bike-box.jpg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1748\" alt=\"bike box\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oldglorymtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/bike-box-253x300.jpg\" width=\"253\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oldglorymtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/bike-box-253x300.jpg 253w, https:\/\/oldglorymtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/bike-box-254x300.jpg 254w, https:\/\/oldglorymtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/bike-box-17x20.jpg 17w, https:\/\/oldglorymtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/bike-box.jpg 356w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1748\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">bike box<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bicycling has a nice article up on <a title=\"How to avoid costly baggage fees when flying with a bike\" href=\"https:\/\/bicycling.com\/blogs\/thefarride\/2013\/01\/14\/how-to-avoid-excessive-bike-baggage-fees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">how to avoid excessive baggage fees when flying with your bike<\/a>. They offer a nice breakdown of the best airlines to book with that charge the least for typical bike travel costs like multiple bags and oversized items (big box, bike bag, etc). Personally I&#8217;ve used some of these companies myself and it can save you a lot of money to pick a bike friendly airline.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Buddy Tip<\/span> &#8211;<\/strong><\/em> If they the airline is charging you for your oversized bike box, usually the weight of the box doesn&#8217;t matter. Pack the box full of your riding gear and other bulky items so you don&#8217;t have to put them in your luggage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Save time and money with this article on bike friendly air travel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[63],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/oldglorymtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/bike-box.jpg",356,421,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/oldglorymtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/bike-box-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/oldglorymtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/bike-box-254x300.jpg",254,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/oldglorymtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/bike-box.jpg",356,421,false],"large":["https:\/\/oldglorymtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/bike-box.jpg",356,421,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/oldglorymtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/bike-box.jpg",356,421,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/oldglorymtb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/bike-box.jpg",356,421,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"J.A. 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