{"id":62380,"date":"2013-08-05T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-05T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/american-airlines-almost-grounded-my-mountain-bike-at-lima-airport\/"},"modified":"2017-08-01T00:42:39","modified_gmt":"2017-07-31T17:42:39","slug":"american-airlines-almost-grounded-my-mountain-bike-at-lima-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/american-airlines-almost-grounded-my-mountain-bike-at-lima-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"American Airlines almost grounded my mountain bike at Lima airport"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe airline’s rules apparently did not travel well with check-in officials in PeruIn June I took an American Airlines return flight from London Heathrow to Lima in Peru. I wanted to take my mountain bike and read the terms and conditions for sporting equipment on the airline’s website before departure so that I had the correct information at check-in. It states that a piece of sporting equipment \u2013 including a bicycle \u2013 can be carried as an item of checked baggage at no extra cost. As the holder of an Economy Class ticket, I knew I only had one item of checked baggage as standard (my suitcase), but read on the website that I could add an additional item for $60. So my understanding was that I would be able to purchase this extra item of checked baggage at the airport, and check in my bike. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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