British Airways förbjuder vindsurfingutrustning

[mag]

Jag har tittat på samma resealternativ men det blir till att leta nytt alternativ utan BA. Vi har flugit en hel del med BA tidigare och de har som du säger varit mycket bra tidigare.
Magnus

[dude]

Mats_O, om du läser det sista jag skrev, alltså om du låter dem på BA surfa in till sin egen hemsida och läsa vad det står, så borde du ju vara okay med att flyga med BA!

dude;424676 wrote:

…If British Airways is the first carrier, and the subsequent carrier’s allowance is more generous, then the most generous allowance will apply.

Eller menar BA att det som står på sin hemsida inte stämmer? Eller är flyget du pratar om inte vidare med ett bolag som har mer generös “allowance”?

[rooster]

En sökning på Google News http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&ie=UTF-8&q=british+airways+surf&btnG=Search
visar att åtminstone brittiska tidningar har uppmärksammat idiotin

[swe-496]

@Rooster 426234 wrote:

En sökning på Google News http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&ie=UTF-8&q=british+airways+surf&btnG=Search
visar att åtminstone brittiska tidningar har uppmärksammat idiotin

Det verkar ju som att BA har backat nu. Iaf om man läser igenom de träffar som man fick via länken ovan.

[imported_macts]

Vi får helt enkelt börja flyga Virgin istället. Se länk:
http://www.boards.co.uk/main/article.asp?a=2489

[tobhed]

British Airways Will Continue to Carry Surfboards as Checked Baggage, For Now October 28, 2007 PRESS RELEASE

The good news is, you can still book that Costa Rican surfari. At least, for now. Responding to the recent concern among surfers, British Airways representatives at LAX say the airline will continue to accommodate surfboards beyond November‘s proposed restriction date and until a freight forwarding solution is in place.

This announcement comes after an onslaught of pressure from aggravated surf communities. Last week, both the International and British Surfing Associations released statements supporting a petition to lobby the airline. Over 5,200 signatures have been gathered since.

Tempers first flared in September when the British Airways website began listing surfboards—along with javelins, pole vaults, and canoes—as sporting equipment it would no longer carry, effective November 6th, 2007. Golf clubs, musical instruments, and ski gear, however, were still permitted under these modifications.

Representatives are now saying the website has often been “misleading or wrong” in regard to current policy. The checked baggage page, for instance, states that the maximum weight for luggage is 23kg, but the airline has always accepted up to 70kg. And though British Airways has been pushing for luggage reduction for over a year, no enforcements have been made.

And when it comes to the current policy, representatives are the best people to talk to for accurate information. Call 800–AIRWAYS.

[dude]

tobhed;427047 wrote:

And when it comes to the current policy, representatives are the best people to talk to for accurate information. Call 800-AIRWAYS.

Okay, vilket är då det kompletta numret man ska ringa från Sverige för att ringa till 800-AIRWAYS? Är det +44-800-2479297? Eller finns det ett nummer i Sverige där våra “representatives” finns?