Quote: (Originally Posted by
Mario)
Hi,
Alitalia apply special price if you declare that in the box that you use for Boris's transport there is scuba equipment (obviously that they usually check if its true!).
I traveled from Amsterdam to Milan with my Boris in his original Case and I payed 40 euro to Alitalia for this extra weight!
I hope that this could help you!
Stay deep
Mario
I had no problems with BA taking the Boris to the red sea in April. Thanks to their new policy you can get sporting stuff in there for free. Between the 2 of us we took nearly 90kgs of luggage and didn't pay any excess. I got the flights for free aswell on air miles. Only issue was that in the flight case, Boris is 33kgs according to the airport scales (32 is the max they'll take for any one item). I took the scrubber out and put it in the soft bag to get under. The original plan (before the other half got pregnant) was to take both Boris' with us - that would have got us probably over 110 kgs I reckon, but the BA policy right now allows you loads of luggage with dive kit.
Not sure what we'll do when they refuse to move anything weighing over 23 kgs though. Probably only take the Boris' to destinations we can drive to. To be honest we mainly dive in the UK anyway....
Rich