Employees at the airlines handle your board
The folks over at Surfline put together a current and comprehensive list of the prices airlines charge for your board bag. The bewildering rules are all over the place. If you want to take British Airways to your surf destination, they will not let you take your board at all. For any price. Delta wants $150 each way for any size board. Our favorite, United (not) wants $200 each way for your long board, anything under 9 ft is $100 each way.
The good US airlines who don't charge anything are Alaska & Virgin. Woot!. Jet Blue charges a reasonabl 25 each way.
The price of flying is still incredibly cheap, even with the new fuel surcharges. Flying commercial airlines are the only thing we can think of that cost the same in the 50s as it does now. Still, it pays to take into account the extra baggage costs.
For instance, a round trip flight to Puerto Vallarta from San Francisco on United and Alaska costs the same right now $881.
If you take your longboard and fly United, the cost will be an extra $400 ($1281 round trip).
It's a good idea to check with the airline for any changes to these rules before you book. These rules change all the time.
One more thing. Think hard about bringing your board at all. Every time we've brought our board on an airline, our boards have been damaged by the kind people handling the baggage. We've wrapped and padded and tried all kinds of different travel bags. If you're going to a place where it's easy to rent, it's often a much better deal to leave your board at home. This is especially true if you are going to pay someone to repair your board.
The good US airlines who don't charge anything are Alaska & Virgin. Woot!. Jet Blue charges a reasonabl 25 each way.
The price of flying is still incredibly cheap, even with the new fuel surcharges. Flying commercial airlines are the only thing we can think of that cost the same in the 50s as it does now. Still, it pays to take into account the extra baggage costs.
For instance, a round trip flight to Puerto Vallarta from San Francisco on United and Alaska costs the same right now $881.
If you take your longboard and fly United, the cost will be an extra $400 ($1281 round trip).
It's a good idea to check with the airline for any changes to these rules before you book. These rules change all the time.
One more thing. Think hard about bringing your board at all. Every time we've brought our board on an airline, our boards have been damaged by the kind people handling the baggage. We've wrapped and padded and tried all kinds of different travel bags. If you're going to a place where it's easy to rent, it's often a much better deal to leave your board at home. This is especially true if you are going to pay someone to repair your board.
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