2023-05-03 07:47:14
SBargain airlines don’t have it easy: All over the country, airlines have turned the price screw after the pandemic. And because this only works to a limited extent due to the tough competition in flight prices, many of them have switched to the fees: sports equipment suddenly costs extra, and the rates have doubled.
What’s more: If you haven’t already registered your luggage online, you will be fined at the airport. The only thing that helps is knowing and avoiding the cost traps. We compared the sports baggage rules of the ten most important holiday airlines.
Condor
With Condor machines, sports equipment such as bicycles, golf clubs or diving tanks costs a flat rate of 50 to 80 euros, depending on the distance, and 45 to 70 euros when booked online. If you only register at the airport, you have to pay 120 to 135 euros.
The dimensions must not exceed 200 x 40 x 100 or 300 x 40 x 60 centimetres. The same rules also apply to other sports baggage such as surfboards, skis or paragliders. Sports baggage is free for Condor Business Class guests.
Cordon Airlines
Corendon Airlines allows bicycles to be taken along for 45 euros, golf clubs up to 23 kilograms for 30 euros and diving equipment up to 30 kilograms for a flat rate of 45 euros. Golf baggage that is heavier is charged at ten euros per kilogram.
Easyjet
Easyjet differentiates between small sports luggage up to 20 kilograms and large ones up to 32 kilograms. Passengers pay a flat rate of 42 euros for small luggage (56 euros at the airport) and 52 euros for large luggage (63 euros at the airport).
A maximum of one sports bag per passenger is accepted. As long as no individual item weighs more than 32 kilograms, the permitted free baggage allowance for sports equipment and checked baggage may be added together.
Eurowings
Eurowings charges a flat rate of EUR 50 for sports equipment such as bicycles or diving equipment up to 32 kilograms, ski equipment is transported for EUR 30. The transport of sports equipment is free for holders of the Eurowings credit card (price from 29 euros per year) and their companions.
Eurowings Discover
Eurowings Discover allows you to take one piece of sports baggage with you as part of the free baggage allowance (23 kg per person) at no extra charge. With the exception of routes to the USA, Mexico and Panama, ski equipment is free in addition to the baggage allowance.
This can get expensive: bikes weighing up to 32 kilograms and a maximum of 280 centimeters long are charged between 130 and 400 euros. If the packaged bike is only 220 centimeters long, it is 80 to 250 euros. The same applies to other sports equipment such as scuba tanks or golf bags.
Lufthansa
Lufthansa requires sports equipment to be registered at least 24 hours before departure, it then costs between 70 euros and 250 euros, depending on the device and the route. The baggage allowance is 23 kilograms.
A passenger checks in his hard-shell suitcase with racing bikes at the Lufthansa bulky baggage counter
Source: pa/dpa theme service/Tobias Hase
Miles and More status members Star Alliance Gold and above are entitled to an additional baggage allowance.
Ryanair
With Ryanair, a bicycle up to 30 kilograms costs 68 euros each way when booked online, at the airport it is 84 euros. For golf clubs or diving equipment up to 20 kilograms, 34 or 39 euros are charged for online bookings and 45 euros if the booking is made at the airport.
Sun Express
Sun Express charges a flat rate of EUR 49.99 for bicycles, kayaks or surfboards up to 30 kilograms, EUR 39.99 for golf clubs and EUR 44.99 for diving equipment or skis per route. Sports baggage should be registered online up to 48 hours before departure. Excess baggage is charged at ten euros per kilogram and route.
TUIfly
With TUIfly, ski, diving or golf luggage up to 30 kilograms costs a flat rate from 65 euros, bicycles cost 95 euros each for a one-way trip. Holders of the TUI Card Titan (price 250 euros per year) and Airtours customer card holders (price 500 euros per year) as well as up to five fellow passengers can transport their sports equipment at no extra charge.
Turkish Airlines
Turkish Airlines has a heart for golfers: the first set of clubs (if under 23 kg) is included in the price on international flights. Divers, on the other hand, are referred to the normal luggage rules: This means that it will be expensive if you weigh more than 23 kilos including the normal suitcase. Bicycles should not be heavier than 32 kilograms, taking them internationally costs 30 to 60 euros.
Additional Information:
Sports equipment is carried in the hold and must be checked accordingly shockproof packed become.
Sports equipment is often only transported if a Waiver of Recourse is signed.
Bicycles must always be in a protective box or one very stable bicycle protection bag to be packed. The handlebars are to be fixed in the longitudinal direction of the bicycle, pedals are to be removed. E-Bikes are generally not transported on the plane because the batteries are classified as dangerous goods.
scuba tanks must be completely emptied. dive lights If at all, they are only carried disassembled in hand baggage or checked baggage. The battery and light bulbs must be transported separately from each other.
Who is liable if the suitcase arrives completely dented?
Is the suitcase coming or not? And in what condition? Our reporter Lea Freist had to make the unpleasant experience herself: The new suitcase is badly dented on the conveyor belt. But when is an airline liable?
Source: WORLD / Lea Freist
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