J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by ellistine

Jan,

You've misread the subject of this thread. It's 'cool rucksack' not 'hot rucksack' - for holding Jagermeister obviously!!

hick :|

That's a good price! The trouble I find with cycling with a camelbak etc is being able to grab a breath and suck fluid down a tube at the same time. Makes me feel light headed just thinking about it :oops:

Classic :!: You always hear of people wearing their ski boots on the plane but that's the first time I've seen it!

Hamish wrote:Not skis but boots: I have just been on the blower to Bournemouth airport (flying with Austrian Airlines) and they say that I can take the boot bag on board as hand luggage but it must be below 5 kgs, otherwise it must go in the hold as part of my main luggage allowance.

With Easyjet you would have to rebag the boots so that they are in the '69' position as it were instead of side-by-side otherwise they wouldn't fit within their hand luggage dimensions. Interestingly, within reason, Easyjet don't have a hand luggage weight limit.

I would have thought if your board bag was your only bag and it was within your standard weight allowance then I can't see why that would be a problem.

I think they don't like other kit in with the board if the board was being covered by a winter sports supplement charge but in your case, if the weight was ok, it wouldn't be.

But then these airline peeps do always have their own view on things.

Send them an email and if the response is positive then print it out and take it with you!

Quite interesting, in a sad geeky kind a way, my Streetracer 10 ski weighs 3.2kg per ski with the binding and only 1.8kg without. Bloomin heavy bindings.

I don't reckon I'm gonna get all three pairs of skis in one bag and keep it under the 12kg. It's a shame the bindings won't come of my Salomon Thrusters. Perhaps the Girlfriend won't mind if she leaves one of her skis behind.

Now what are the chances of the bindings being convescated from your hand luggage? How annoying would that be!!

I know that with Easyjet, paying the sports equipment supplement increases your baggage allowance by 12kgs.

Last time we flew we had two pairs of skis in a double bag which weighed over the 12kgs. However we hadn't reached the 20kg main allowance so weight wise we were ok. The lady did ask me how many skis were in the bag and informed me that I should have paid for two pairs but she would let me off this time. The three previous times nobody questioned it at all.

In the future I'm going to take off the bindings (they're the rail mounted type) and put them in the main bag or hand luggage. That way I can get both pairs of skis in a 'single' ski bag and be under the weight limit.

Now can I squeeze in three pairs :wink:

On a side note. We are flying with Monarch to Mayrhofen at the weekend on a chartered flight. When I called them to find out how much it was going to cost to take the skis I was told it was all included in the cost of the flight! However Rocketski, the agent, is charging £21 for ski carriage. Sounds like a nice little earner to me :evil:

Maybe looking for more suitable skis on ebay makes sense?

I wouldn't until you deffinately know what type of skis you're best suited to. Hiring for a day or two will save you in the long run.