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@kattt
I flew from Berlin to NYC yesterday, got charged 350 FUCKING DOLLARS for my bike bag (i know, i know... my bike probably isn't even worth much more than that.... ha.. but i love it). $150 for being overweight (25 kg, only allowed to be 22), $200 for being oversize. this is a new rule. seriously.. fuck these assholes. i will never fly DELTA, AIRFRANCE, or KLM again.
bikes aside, they recently instated a new baggage allowance of one 20 kg bag. this is a fucking inter-continental flight i'm talking about. second bag will cost ya $50. over 20 kg, $150. i am so pissed off about this. they were incredibly rude as well. fuck 'em.
so the airline business is certainly changing; it's really important to check baggage allowances before buying a ticket these days cause they are just trying to squeeze the last penny outta you and industry standards obviously don't matter anymore.
assholes!
and i flew london to berlin in june and got hit with 70 quid to bring a bike on lufthansa as well.