If you are one of those who are willing to travel thousands of kilometers to surf in the best places in the world , you should be clear about what the airlines are going to charge you for checking in your board, since sometimes they charge quite high amounts For this reason, although luckily there are also airlines that allow you to check them in at no cost in certain cases.
Take note of what I tell you below because you will have a very clear idea of what it costs to travel with the surfboard on your back.
Air Berlin
Unless you have chosen the JustFly rate, you can check in the surfboard as the first piece of luggage for free as long as it does not exceed 23 kilos in weight. In addition, with the FlyFlex rate you can also include it free of charge as a second piece of luggage.
Air Europe
It is not cheap, and you have no option of resorting to a special rate to escape what they are going to charge you. They are nothing more and nothing less than 150 euros per team and per trip, so it is like thinking twice.
air France
If the surfboard you are traveling with does not exceed 107 centimeters in length, you can rest easy because you won’t have to pay a single euro. Things change when it does exceed that length, as they apply a charge that varies depending on the area. You will pay 50 or 100 euros depending on the place of origin (from a non-European country you pay 50 euros and from a European country you pay 100 euros).
Alitalia
Carrying it is free if it weighs less than 23 kilos and measures less than two meters. Things change when those limits are exceeded, since you have to pay 75 euros for flights through Europe and North Africa and 260 dollars for the rest of the world (200 dollars if it is to the United States).
British Airways
It is free as long as it weighs less than 23 kilos and does not exceed 190 × 75 cm in dimension. If this is not the case, you will pay between 43 and 150 euros, something that will depend on the contracted rate.
Delta Air Lines
It is free up to 107 centimeters in length, but those that move between 107 and 292 centimeters in length have a charge of 105 euros for any flight except Brazil, which has a price of 100 dollars.
Easyjet
You will pay 35 euros if you request it online and 45 euros if you request it at the airport. It cannot weigh more than 32 kilos.
Emirates
You can transport up to two pieces of 23 kilos in Economy class and up to two pieces of 32 kilos in First class and Business class for free as long as they do not exceed 150 centimeters in width, length and height. If they are exceeded, the surcharge is $ 175 per piece .
Iberia
It is one of the companies that makes it worse, since they charge 150 euros per trip. In internal flights from Brazil you pay 60 dollars and in flights from America, Nigeria and Israel are 150 dollars.
KLM
It is free if you do not exceed 23 kilos in weight or 107 centimeters in length. Otherwise, you have to pay depending on the area : Europe, North Africa, Indonesia, Singapore, Bahrain and Kuwait 55 euros, the United States and Canada 210 dollars (150 dollars if it is from the United States or Canada) and the rest of the world 100 euros.
Lufthansa
If the table does not exceed two meters in length, 50 euros are paid for continental flights and 100 euros for intercontinental flights. If the table exceeds two meters in length, 100 euros are paid for continental flights and 200 euros for intercontinental flights.
Monarch
You pay 25 euros if you book online and 60 euros if you book at the airport as long as the surfboard to check in does not weigh more than 20 kilos.
Qatar Airways
Free unless you exceed 23 kilos.
Ryanair
You pay 50 euros if you book online and 60 euros if you book at the airport as long as the surfboard to check in does not weigh more than 20 kilos.
Swiss International Air Lines
On continental flights, 50 euros are paid if the board does not exceed 2 meters in length, while on intercontinental flights 100 euros are paid under the same conditions.
Vueling
45 euros are paid as long as the board does not weigh more than 32 kilos.
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