Am I Bad? Will I end up on the BAA most wanted list!

Yes point taken Bandit, but it is only ski clothing in the snowboard bag our casual clothes will be in our hold luggage. Including our off whites :wink: Perhaps we are long overdue a working party to review skiers/Boarders requirements in terms of baggage in what is a multi million pound industry.

Yeah underwear would be useful, I agree. Maybe trying to use ski boots as pants could be quite uncomfortable though :shock: Or perhaps they could fashion some nappy type things out of the liners. That would be cool :lol:

On a more sensible note, I'm not sure about the 'lowering the chances of a bag getting lost' theory. It could work the other way wot with all your eggs in one basket and all. Poo or bust ? :?

Yea, Poo springs to mind - That makes me S*** for brains :lol:

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Karen, Many thanks for posting this. Good points made - Ski clothing would not be covered i'm sure. One pair of skis or board thats the crux of my issue. I personaly do not know anybody who does not pack some items of clothing in their ski/board bag. This normally provides an element of protection to the equipment from the rough handling and I mean rough handling they seem to receive. One pair of skis or board - what difference does this make. Most people that take their own skis will have their own boots In each case, forgive the pun, these will be loaded on the plane. Does it matter that these are together or apart! If people have prebooked their ski carrage the Airline should account for this in the total baggage carried. If people do not prebook but pay the levy and there is room then they are carried. If there is no baggage room left then they will not. Am i missing something :roll: My individual total baggage allowance is 20kg + prebooked ski carrage. Looking at the Thomson guidelines am i allowed 20kg including my ski boots and ski or snowboard bag upto a maximum of 23kg??? confused of Surrey beam me up scoty

I've never had my ski bags checked.
I would argue that the limited amount of clothing in the ski bag is protective packaging.

In a lot of airports oversize bags are checked in at a different desk (not usually specific to the airline) and as long as it passes the Xray security & isn't overwight they don't care.

We carry 4 pairs of skis in 2 large ski bags but pay for 4 lots of ski carriage - that way if the airline quibble we can always argue that they are paid for and if necessary we can go to the shop & buy 2 more bags. Hope I don't have to take this option and the airline will be reasonable as it has been paid for.

I must say I never pack any clothing in with my skis,as I only pack what I need for example I only take one ski jacket and one pair of sallo's and yes one pair of socks, a couple of years ago I brought a double ski bag which I intend to use for the first time this January, I know Tony was unlucky last year but touch wood I have never had any luggage go missing or damaged in transit.

We went last year and we packed all the meat in the snowboard bag it was so heavy that it needed 2 pepole to carry and it went threw no problem