J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Wanderer

Ian Wickham wrote:This morning I've starting packing the car, snow chains in, Blanket in,Tow rope in, Beam benders in not on, Triangle, spare bulbs, that lovely Fluorescent jacket in. I'm now charging up Video camera batteries x 3, Still camera batteries x 4, video tapes x 2.

What have I forgotten ?????????????? :D

............. that you are not going for another 8 days :mrgreen:

Why is it that when I read these messages, the idea of a J2ski get together in Neiderau (or somewhere else) springs to mind?

Perhaps we should consider nominating an appropriate date in 2010 and then as many of us as possible could get together there?

Hopefully, Pavel could make it over to show off his new gift ... but, on the other hand, if Pavel did arrive, when would we get time to ski instead of endlessly pumping him for more and more stories of ski trips past :mrgreen:

I suspect the bars could end up staying open late that week :lol:

Admin - worth following up????

Be careful out there dudes :twisted:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLdS34uv_Ys

Grest report and lovely pics. Delighted you had such a good time. Its a fantastic resort - I must get back there soon :wink:

russco wrote:Hi i have the same problem spoke to crystal ski and they told me to contact airport check in,I have done and you either have to pack them in your case or pay ski carriage to put them in hold.Just be aware crystals tried to charge me £30 but when i spoke thomson airways they charged me £14.You might be better off paying ski carriage now as at the airport they are charging you about £40!!!
hope this helps !!!!! 8)

This seems to suggest that they were trying to charge the skiing equipment rate for the boot bag - I would not accept this at all :!:

Given that skis (or golf bags) have to go through special outsize areas , etc, you can see that the airlines can argue that there may be some tiny sliver of justification for the additional charge. However, a ski boot bag should be treated no differently than any other regular sized luggage (and if you packed them into a suitcase, the issue wouldn't even arise). Anything else is even more of a rip-off than usual :evil:

frostbite wrote:If you have gone for the ski carriage option, does that mean you can take your boots as part of that carriage? ( will be in their own boot bag), or are they treated seperately.
Am flying with Monarch from Gatwick next Sat& havent been able to get a definate answer either way :?:
Didnt want to suddenly have to rearrange my hold suitcase to get some boots in becayse they may be refused.
Any advice welcome.

If Monarch are charging per bag, then I would expect that they will charge you separately for the boot bag if checked in separately :x

May be worth seeing if you can squeeze them into the suitcase but watch out for excess weight. The airlines baggage rules are becoming a real pain in the a** :evil: :evil: :evil:

This issue has surfaced on a few previous threads and, unfortunately, the position seems to clear as mud :evil:

From what I have read, it seems that some airlines will allow them, others won't and, to make matters worse, this may not even be consistent at each end of the trip. Then you have airport security to negotiate - again no consistency with some happy to let them through while others aren't.

A lot of people on the site recommend stuffing your boots into your suitcase for better protection of the boots and less chance that somebody will accidentally or deliberately lift them from the carousel at the other end.

Finally, there is the vexed question of baggage charges - it you check them in, you run a real risk of being overweight even if you get away without having to pay per bag.

One enterprising member of the forum actually posted a picture a while back of their group wearing their boots at the airport and claiming that they travelled in them to get around baggage charges, etc :shock:

Heading to ADH with a group (27 of us including lots of kids) on week commencing 31 January. Anyone else going to be there that week?