Does anybody know the average weight of a bike and what it will cost to ship it to the UK?
Alternatively, is it better to take it as excess baggage?
Shipping two cycles to London
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Postby heavymetal » Tue Feb 13, 2007 12:09 pm
It's better to take it as excess baggage. It solves some problems with getting it through customs.
I also know of a guy who shipped his bike separately. He landed in London, his bike landed in Amsterdam.
Luckily a week later they were reunited.
I also know of a guy who shipped his bike separately. He landed in London, his bike landed in Amsterdam.
Luckily a week later they were reunited.
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Postby LuckyPierre » Tue Feb 13, 2007 3:33 pm
Excess baggage could be expensive - a quick look at the Qantas site indicates that it would cost $48 per kilo to London. Check out your airline's 'unaccompanied baggage' service. If you send them a few days before you go, then they should be waiting for you at the airport when you get there. Of course, with excess baggage there's less risk.
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Postby Bernard » Tue Feb 13, 2007 4:28 pm
I was reading on the Qantas website the other day, they have this thing called unaccompanied baggage, basically you need a valid ticket to your destination and Qantas will ship the item to the same destination but on a different flight (wherever it has room), they recommend this a a way of getting out of excess baggage fees. Might be worth checking if they will ship the bikes this way.
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Postby pospete » Tue Feb 13, 2007 4:51 pm
It also depends on the airline, I shipped stuff as unaccompanied Baggage with Emirates who I flew with. The service was A1, they collected it from Home and gave a choice of door to door , or door to airport. It's cheaper than Excess Baggage, but be warned it's not cheap either. You may find with a bike it'll be cheaper if you pack it into a Bike Box as the airlines don't like funny shaped parcels.
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Re: Shipping two cycles to London
Postby austintrigg » Wed Jun 03, 2015 5:41 pm
Excess baggage it defiantly going to be more costly to you rest it will be difficult to get clear from custom, so its better you go for shipping
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Re: Shipping two cycles to London
Postby Chris249 » Fri Jun 05, 2015 4:25 pm
Am I missing something? We just flew Emirates and took the bikes in bags. No cost, no probs.
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Re: Shipping two cycles to London
Postby RonK » Fri Jun 05, 2015 4:46 pm
Lazarus walks - this thread dates to 2007.
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First time poster responding 8 years later to a one-time poster... weird.
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