Cheap airlines, expensive snowboard baggage

Snowboard bag airline charges
Just got back from a couple of consecutive weekend trips to Cervinia, flying Ryanair. The flights were dirt cheap at about £20 return from Stansted to Turin give or take, but to take my snowboard added £31, more than doubling the price, though still reasonable value I suppose.

It would be handy if all airlines had a standard for luggage and sports equipment/excess charges, though I can’t see that happening. In the meantime, airport parking company APH have produced a summary of the charges - or lack of them - applied by 16 major airlines flying from the UK for carriage of ski and snowboard equipment.

Key points to note:

All of the following airlines will allow you to include skis/snowboard luggage within your usual allowance (typically subject to some weight parameters):

  • Air France/KLM
  • Alitalia
  • American Airlines
  • British Airways
  • Continental
  • Delta
  • Emirates
  • Iberia
  • SAS Group
  • United
  • US Airways

All of these charge extra:

  • BMI
  • Easyjet
  • Flybe
  • Lufthansa Group
  • Ryanair

Well worth checking out.

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