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chic

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has anyone brought a bike w/them on the plane lately? what are the requirements? (not the airline fees) but the d.r. entrance fees /free///etc...:eek:
does it have to been broken down in hard cases?
might be better to bring it in near a race day?week?
 

Berzin

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There are no DR entrance fees for bikes. It's the airline fees you have to worry about.

These fees are arbitrary. You don't need to state it's a bike. You will have to pay the charges for oversize luggage. The way airlines are nickel and diming passengers to death, you may be charged up to $250 for going over the limit half a centimeter. I've seen this with my own eyes at the airport, so don't think it can't happen to you.

Unless you can construct a frame inside a maleta that is within the size limitations (like all the Dominican guys I know who go back home to train and/or race) and get the bike in there, this is where you will pay the fee. And it will be coming and going.
 

monfongo

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I brought a bike over for my son , it was in the box that it came with , I didn't pay anything at STI .
 

RGM

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I brought a bike back in September , took it to a bike shop they package it for me. Airline cost 125.00 USD
 

Jaime809

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has anyone brought a bike w/them on the plane lately? what are the requirements? (not the airline fees) but the d.r. entrance fees /free///etc...:eek:
does it have to been broken down in hard cases?
might be better to bring it in near a race day?week?

Some airlines have no surcharge for "sporting equipment" and some do. Airtran does not have an extra fee, so it cost me $75 to get it to PUJ. I broke it down myself and packed it into a bicycle box.

Just FYI, if you have a cross or hybrid bike, you need to use a similar sized box, as the tubes make the bike substantially wider than a road bike, and a mountain bike box is too small.
 

DominicanBilly

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Brought a bike down in September from Toronto on SunWing Tours. Cost $35 dollars to box it up, $30 dollars for the airline fee and no duty upon arrival. It was a used bike not a new mountain bike worth thousands. The lock I bought cost as much as the bike.