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RE: Air New Zealand. They've changed their rules effective of tickets purchased after about June 2010. Previously a bike could be brought in place of a bag, but now in economy you only get 1 x 23kg bag (for all flights they operate). The good news is a bike is charged at 1/2 the extra bag fee if its under 23kg, and then 1/2 the extra bag + overweight fee if its 23 - 32kg.
I emailed to confirm what 1/2 the extra bag fee is, and basically London to Auckland is 17.50 quid for up to 23kg bike, and about 50 quid for an up to 32kg bike.
I'm happy with that, as my bike is twice the size of an extra suitcase, and I pay 1/2 the suitcase cost.
I have used the www.groundeffect.co.nz Tardis bag for bikes I'm not as worried about, and then a Neil Pryde bike bag as sold by pretty much everyone up here for others. This time I'm just using a cardboard box ... as it saves me a few kg of bike bag (as I always put a box inside the neil pryde bag anyway).
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