Flying with Four Boards One big travel board bag with all four boards OR two smaller board bags each with two boards? Flying Spirit and their policy is $100 and two boards in a bag. Anybody know what they charge if you have the big bag stuffed with boards and they open it up to count? I have both types of bags already and an extra $200 won't kill me. It is nice though to have the big bag with wheels. I've only flown Spirit with boards one other time. That time I had dinged up boards in both directions. Also, and this one really pisses me off, I noticed when I got home that one of my bags had been slashed from rail to rail with a box cutter. Guessing the board bag was shrink wrapped with other items and they used a box cutter to cut it apart when I got to Philly. Went through the tough nylon material and the inner foam padding.
Two smaller. That way if they damage one you still got 2 good boards in the other one. I've never flown with them but I am famous for getting worst deal possible so I always prepare for the worse
C J , I have been vacationing in PR since 05 . 3 boards , a gun , step up and a long board get stuffed in a coffin with wheels .I get a month in PR and bring new boards so I use tlc. Piping insulation and individually wrapping in plastic works for me .
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2 bags would be safer for u inmo. Although my kids take 3 shortboards and and a gun in a coffin , I would not .
$99 per person round trip is hard to beat though and I can fly out of ACY which is about 15 minutes from my house. I didn't even try to get anything back for the damages. Figure its a cost of flying. Most if not all of my flying through the years with boards has been on American other than this coming trip and my last trip to California. California I got for $136 per person PHY to LAX.
I'm probably just going to bring one board for myself and I'll let my son bring 3. For packing I buy a sheet of 1/2" XPS foam at Home Depot and cut out pieces a little bit bigger than the boards and then sandwich the boards between using shrink wrap.
I was wondering why you were bringing 4 boards... that explains it! For the record, I've never brought more than two... typically one.
always pursue damages! If nothing else it lets the airlines know they can't get away with bad behavior.
I'm more than likely just going to bring my daily driver shortboard. Its one I shaped and glassed heavy and its pretty bulletproof. My son will likely have a step up and two high performance boards. If something happens to my board down there I'll just rent something to get by.
