In reply to wallacerocks: hello, I used a bike pod to take my bike to Canada. it worked a treat no damage, who are you flying with? are you taking an additional bag?
the reason I ask is because I flew with transat, came in under the 23kg limit with bike, bag and clothes for 2 weeks (wifes family lives there and I have a stash of clothes there), they asked me if there was a bike in my bag, I said yes and so they wanted to charge me for bringing a bike on board, I was a little annoyed, I spoke with the manager on the day that said if I had denied that there was a bike in the bag, the bike pod leaves nothing to the imagination as to what's in it, then they would have asked me to open it. however I went to town on shopping for climbing bits clothes etc and then on the way back checked my bike plus my suitcase, it cost me £20 each way.
annoying but check with the airline so you know where you stand.
the manager acted like a complete tool and treated me like a child, I appreciate he probably has to deal with irate and annoyed people all the time but I have since switched to flying air canada, we go to canada on a regular basis and do want to be treated badly!
