American scraps oversize fees

As the busy summer travel period quickly approaches, American Airlines has announced changes to its policies regarding oversize sports and music equipment eliminating oversize bag fees for common sports and musical equipment.

Customers these items in as  standard baggage, up to the maximum allowed dimensions and within the weight requirements.  The oversize bag counts toward a customer’s normal baggage allowance.

For example, customers traveling within the United States, who used to pay $150 to check one oversize item such as a surfboard, will now pay $30 — the cost of a standard first bag — if the weight is less than 50lbs (23kls).  Customers travelling with skis or a snowboard will now be able to check in an equipment bag with the skis or snowboard as one bag (up to 50 lbs./62 in 23kls/160c).

Due to special handling requirements, oversize items such as antlers, hang gliders, scuba tanks and kite/windsurfing items will continue to incur a flat $150 fee.  Additional allowances/restrictions may apply based on status, destination, class of service.

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