Bikes on Easyjet

What's there to chat about? You just pay for the bike as you would any bag.

I worked that out in the end. The person from Easyjet just couldn't find the words.

I take my bike of planes 3 or 4 times a year, and different Airports / Airlines seem to have different requirements, and they seem to change randomly.

As I've never been on Easyjet before, and their booking confirmation handily offered the opportunity to ask questions about the booking if you weren't sure.

There was the option to call, but nobody picked up the line, and the option to 'Chat' online. My question was fairly simple - if I am bringing a bicycle in a case, do I need to notify you in advance, and do I need to pay an excess charge in advance. I never really got an answer to that question - the best I got was the helpful advice that it would need to go in the hold.

My reason for posting, in a nutshell, was to say that Easyjet's online chat service is shit.

Anyone got any experience re whether the 'do not pack anything in your bike box (i.e. clothing) other than your bike' rule is actually checked/enforced? I was planning on getting my panniers in there too and using some clothes as additional padding etc, but if they're going to check I won't bother...

I recently flew Easyjet from Gatwick with a bike. Checked in online, then at the airport had to self-check in the bike. This involved putting the box on the weighing machine, and scanning my boarding pass. No human interaction at all, and no checks on what was in the box.

Cheers! Did you pack anything else with the bike?

Soft bikepacking luggage, toolkit. I probably could have put other stuff in, but was taking very little kit anyway.
On the way back, stuck loads of stuff in, though was flying BA then. Actual humans at the check in desk, didn't look in the box, just weighed it.
I reckon if challenged you could justify panniers as "integrated luggage system". I'd also speculate that so long as the box is under the weight limit, any check in staff are unlikely to hold up a queue of travellers to make you unseal, unpack, repack and reseal a box.

Moving to Sweden in August, which is the best airline to fly with and take a bike?

I Have used Easyjet for years to fly MTB to the alps - no trouble at all - just select / pay for bike on line booking system - just ensure you are under the max weight - 34 kg i think (please check) - so pack all you can up to that weight. i also recommend you pay for Easyjet Plus - as you can avoid a big queue at the airport trying to fight your way to the check in desk between the tapes that your bike bag is too big to fit between !

Really helpful, thank you!

Nice one, cheers man

Current thinking on this bikes on Easyjet option, anyone? Have got a trip in September and was going to go with BA but flight prices seem to have gone astronomical since I last checked... so any recent experience / price guidance on booking a regular EJ flight then paying the uplift to take a bike, anyone?

I did it to and From SE France last week from Gatwick. It was just in a soft padded bike bag and arrived unscathed at both ends, waiting for me by the time I got to baggage pickup.

There was a long check in queue at Gatwick which I didn't anticipate though, got the tag then took it to the large luggage drop off which is instant. From there I don't think EasyJet have anything to do with it, its just down to the baggage handlers at both airports.

Ok nice, thanks - have had a look and the difference in price is huge even with EJ's add-on process, got to be the way to go

Cheers for the input, it helped and we have gone for it. Will report back later in the year!

I have used Easyjet the last few years in a Scicon soft bag with internal base frame, never had an issue.
Some airlines in some airports offer a twilight check-in if you have an early flight, this is great if you live close or are staying close to the airport, dump the bike off the night before when it is quiet and then head straight to security the next morning.