Sitting here in the Dfw Airport, having just checked my bike with the usual American Airlines snafu. The poor gate agents are never knowledable about the fact that bikes to and from Int'l destinations are always free, per IATA rules. Why I don't know, but it's been that way for years. The problem is that AA doesn't post this on their web site and even their call centers are sometimes not familiar with this. A call last night found an agent who knew this but the one I called this morning did not. Luckily my gate agent finally found a smart person who confirmed this. But she spent a long time doing so. Apparently she's been charging unsuspecting bikers to Europe $90 for years. I will write a letter to AA when I get back.
But I came early to the airport anticipating the situation as it happens every year.
Oh well, now I pray for an ontime flight to jfk and that my bike makes it to Milan.
A Presto
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