Re: [Paddlewise] flying with paddles

From: Steve Cramer <cramer_at_coe.uga.edu>
Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 17:34:36 -0400
Barbara Kossy wrote:

> Last year, when I flew Florence to SF, I had only one suitcase and check a 7
> foot plus paddle as my second bag with no problem.
> 
> This year, I called the information line and they told me the rules, that an
> item over 7 feet counts as two bags, no matter what the weight. I have a 7.5
> foot paddle, and a 7 ft. paddle.
> 
> The agent on the phone also told me that if I again just show up with the
> paddle, they may just let me through again, with no extra charge. 
> 
> Anyone have any experience with this sort of thing?
> 
This was the subject of a Car Talk puzzler recently. Call them back and
ask if you can send a box 52" on a side as a 2nd bag. A 7.5 foot paddle
just happens to fit in there diagonally.

Steve
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