{"id":198325686,"date":"2011-04-15T10:28:06","date_gmt":"2011-04-15T10:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=198325686"},"modified":"2011-04-15T10:28:06","modified_gmt":"2011-04-15T10:28:06","slug":"frontier-airlines-bikes-fly-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=198325686","title":{"rendered":"Frontier Airlines: Bikes fly free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Richard Masoner \u2014\u2014 <\/p>\n<p>This morning, Frontier Airlines announced bicycles fly free for passengers paying \u201cClassic\u201d and \u201cClassic Plus\u201d fares. Passengers paying the lowest \u201cEconomy\u201d fares pay the standard baggage fee of $20 for a bicycle. This policy takes effect for tickets purchased on or after today, Wednesday, April 13, 2011. Bikes are now treated as any other standard luggage on the Denved-based airline. It\u2019s perfect timing for those arranging travel to the watch the USA Pro Cycling Challenge beginning on August 22, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>According to Frontier Airlines, \u201cClassic\u201d fare is just $25 more than Economy. The increased Classic fare includes two free checked bags, while Economy passengers must pay $20 for each checked bag. Frontier also waives the oversize fee for bikes. If your packaged bike weighs more than 50 lbs Frontier will assess their overweight charge.<\/p>\n<p>Most U.S. airlines charge fees ranging from $50 to $200 for travelers flying domestically with bicycles.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclelicio.us\/2011\/frontier-airlines-bikes-fly-free\/\">https:\/\/www.cyclelicio.us\/2011\/frontier-airlines-bikes-fly-free\/<\/a>oldId.2011041510280668<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Richard Masoner \u2014\u2014 This morning, Frontier Airlines announced bicycles fly free for passengers paying \u201cClassic\u201d and \u201cClassic Plus\u201d fares. Passengers paying the lowest \u201cEconomy\u201d fares pay the standard baggage fee of $20 for a bicycle. This policy takes effect for tickets purchased on or after today, Wednesday, April 13, 2011. Bikes are now treated &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=198325686\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Frontier Airlines: Bikes fly free&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-198325686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cyclists-yellow-pages"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198325686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=198325686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198325686\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=198325686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=198325686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=198325686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}