Have Freestyle ship your gear to your vacation destination.
Many airlines today are charging $15.00 each way for your first checked
bag and the majority are charging $25.00 (or more) for your second checked bag. You can see that a traveler with 2 bags to check, on a round-trip domestic flight can easily spend an additional $80.00 on baggage fees alone. Unfortunately, if you happen to have an 'overweight' bag, additional luggage, or choose to use curb-side check-in you will incur additional fees on top of this! Renting skis & boards may seem like an easy way to avoid the airline fees and
save money on shipping your gear... but do you remember
your last rental experience? Before you decide to rent your gear this winter season, please keep in mind:
- You have to find a GOOD shop from which you want to rent and then hope
they are open, when you want to rent.
- It's a powder day and you have to stand in line to get your gear.
- Fill out this form and wait...
- Explain to the kid behind the counter how you ski or board and hope he
knows enough to match you to the right equipment.
- Wait while he adjusts the bindings... hopefully correctly! These are your
knees we're talking about!
- Remember poles.
- Stand in line to pay for your rentals $40-80 per day, now that adds up!
- Then start to enjoy the powder afternoon, assuming the gear is right
for you and tuned well; the bindings are adjusted properly and you like them.
- And then you have to return them... make sure you're there when the
shop is open... stand in line... well you get the idea!
United
http://www.united.com/page/article
/0,6722,50773,00.html#snow
Delta http://www.delta.com/traveling_checkin/baggage/
special_baggage/fragile_bulky/sporting_goods/index.jsp
American http://www.aa.com/aa/i18nForward.do?p=/travelInformation/
baggage/baggageAllowance.jsp#Sports%20Equipment
Northwest http://www.nwa.com/travel/luggage
/specialitems.html#ski
Southwest http://www.southwest.com/travel_center/
sports_equipment.html
USAir http://www.usairways.com
/awa/content/traveltools/baggage/specialitems.aspx
Jet Blue http://help.jetblue.com/SRVS/CGI-BIN/webisapi.dll/,/?St=12,E=0000000000015217345,K=1521,
Sxi=12,Case=obj(2236)#s11
Continental http://www.continental.com/web/en-us/content/Travel/baggage/sports.aspx
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