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On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 12:06:12 GMT, Steven L. Sheffield wrote:
In the US, when they measure "linear" size of a box, they measure length, width, and height, and add them together. Oh geez, I had no idea. -- E. Dronkert |
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On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 12:50:43 GMT,
Steven L. Sheffield wrote: On 08/19/2005 06:42 AM, in article , "Ewoud Dronkert" wrote: On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 12:06:12 GMT, Steven L. Sheffield wrote: In the US, when they measure "linear" size of a box, they measure length, width, and height, and add them together. Oh geez, I had no idea. Pretty ****ed up, huh? The method of measurement seems reasonable--after all, if you had to plan for accomodating a bunch of baggage would you want to ignore two of three dimensions? The problem is probably more in where the limit is set. -- Theodore (Ted) Heise Bloomington, IN, USA |
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Bikes on Airplanes.
so why does the guy get to take his golf clubs and
9 foot surfboard free of charge I wouldn't mind paying the extra charge *quite* so much if I didn't have to sign that stupid waiver that says "We can break your bike if we want to and you can't do anything about it. Your risk." |
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Bikes on Airplanes.
"Howard Kveck" wrote in message
... In article . com, "Carl Sundquist" wrote: crit pro wrote: it's a ripoff...make sure your case doesn't say "bike" anywhere on it, dress nice and tell the skycap it's a "display for work" and make sure he see's the $10 bill you'll tip him. this has worked for me dozens of times...even when checking in at the counter. So you bitch and moan about Dave Fuentes stealing your prize money from Superweek, but you believe it is acceptable to steal from and lie to the airlines? "That's different." What if he calls it "exercise equipment?" |
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Ewoud Dronkert wrote:
On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 12:06:12 GMT, Steven L. Sheffield wrote: In the US, when they measure "linear" size of a box, they measure length, width, and height, and add them together. Oh geez, I had no idea. I had an interesting conversation with the United rep in LA about measurements like this. I think we ended up agreeing t6hat it had to be the longest dimension because of the obvious inconsistency of measuring male genitalia. -- IT Management. Tel: +64 3 479 5478 Web and database hosting, Co-location. Web: http://www.wic.co.nz Software development. Email: |
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yeah you get there FAST, but your traumatized, shaky, dehydrated, hypoglycemic and 787 cabin altitude will be equivalent to 6000' which will be a huge improvement. Currently on most, if not all commercial airplanes it's 8000', an elevation where a lot of people get altitude sickness and most of us feel like crap, especially on longer transcontinental flights. Phil H |
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Steven L. Sheffield wrote:
In the US, when they measure "linear" size of a box, they measure length, width, and height, and add them together. Ewoud Dronkert wrote: Oh geez, I had no idea. Stu Fleming wrote: I had an interesting conversation with the United rep in LA about measurements like this. I think we ended up agreeing t6hat it had to be the longest dimension because of the obvious inconsistency of measuring male genitalia. The doughnut theory of spatial dimensionality revisited. |
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crit pro wrote: In article .com, "Andrew F Martin" wrote: more information... where are you going? where are you starting from? In the US - yes. $60-80 on most airlines. If you are a licensed USCF Member you can get 2 vouchers for United. it's a ripoff...make sure your case doesn't say "bike" anywhere on it, dress nice and tell the skycap it's a "display for work" and make sure he see's the $10 bill you'll tip him. this has worked for me dozens of times...even when checking in at the counter. Seems like someone hasn't checked their hypocrisy meter lately. To wit, I quote you: "2001 saw Joey fly over 60,000 miles on Delta. He had no problem bragging about cheating them out of $80 for bike fees each flight. Here's what Joey said, that he had a non-descript bike bag, and that the $80 fee is If They Know It's A Bike. Looking for a cheating way around the system. That is stealing. " Been caught stealing? Frank |
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