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I've got my road bike booked on a plane to Majorca, it's going in a bike bag and I've cut a piece of foam to the size of the bag. I'm going to carve the foam to accept the bike, remove wheels, bars, forks, rear derailleur, cranks, so it'll be as well packaged as is reasonably practicable short of buying a box.
My question is, should the worst happen will Jet2 buy me a new one and if not, can I insure my bike through a third party?
Thanks.
Snowcard has options for insuring baggage, I'm sure most other do otherwise check with your home contents (although sometimes you might need to pay extra for short-term European cover).
Not sure I'd bother with carving out foam, isn't the bike bag itself padded? If it is then maybe just reinforce with cardboard at the side and then use either bubble-wrap of cut-up pipe lagging for bit around the bike (especially to prevent rubbing).
Is this a new Samuel L Jackson movie? 😉
Rocky +1 for Snowcard they cover baggage as an option & I'd be reinforcing the bag with the cut out foam sandwiched inbetween cardboard, tis your pride & joy after all
Yes the airline are liable for damage to your bike but it can be a fight - I got £500 from easyjet for a dent they put in the frame of the tandem
I use a cardboard bike box to give a padded bag rigidity & shape - took a bit of work to cut it to size & so it would be decently re-useable.
Have seen someone just use a couple of empty shoe boxes to acheive a similar result.
AFAIK - Snowcard along with most other insurers have a single item limit regardless of the overall cover amount
http://www.snowcard.co.uk/belongings-equipment.php
If I completely strip the bike it'll be a bag of bits, rather than a bike, only the frame would be over the £350 limit on that link I think, that could work.
I'm not too fussed so long as the airline doesn't have any daft exemptions for damage etc. I don't see how they can given that it's booked on as a bike, but I'll check the Ts and Cs. I've got cardboard to reinforce the bags with too.
Yes, Samuel L Jackson is lined up to star in this movie.
I'm not too fussed so long as the airline doesn't have any daft exemptions for damage etc.
you mean like the Montreal Convention?
TBH - I don't know why you're so worried, loads of people take their bikes as airline luggage
What's the Montreal Convention? I've not signed up to that.
I'm not sure I am worried, I've just heard other people be worried about these things and was more wondering whether I should be worried. It's also inevitable that my girlfriend will ask the insurance question and her bike is so brand new I haven't even collected it from the shop yet, so I'll need a good answer!
Best bet for the risk adverse - I reckon - would be 'away from home' household policy