Air travel with race seat as luggage?

[rsportvolvo]

I'm going to Tampa to fit up my race seat and get my rollcage installed. To do that I need to take my Racetech seat with me. Has anyone wrapped a seat up and taken it as luggage on a commercial airline flight?

[mbuskuhl]

I though about bringing a fiberglass fender back with me from CA on a trip before, then I realized it was too big to even do as checked luggage. Even if it was smaller, still cheaper to ship.

You are probably are going to have to ship UPS/Fed Ex.

This is AA policy, check your carrier:

Checked baggage which is larger than 62 in/157 cm will be charged at the rate of $150 per piece.

Baggage measuring more than 115 in/292 cm will not be accepted as checked baggage.

[rsportvolvo]

A seat is a bit more durable than a fiberglass fender. Technically my golf clubs are too big according to Continental's luggage rules, but I travel with them. You can ship packages on flights if you have someone at the airport to receive it. I did this a lot on my last job getting parts to test sites quickly. The size limitation is flexible. Just curious if anyone else has gone this route.

[gt40jim]

Don't know about a seat, but I did buy an extra ticket and carried a Formula 1 gearbox onto a Delta flight. True! They told me, can it be belted into a seat, will it block anyones vision of the exits, does it smell or will it dirty the seat? yes, no, no, no!

[tom91ita]

can you make it look like a child car seat and have a young mom check it in on the ramp?

[gsbaker]

You can ship packages on flights if you have someone at the airport to receive it. I did this a lot on my last job getting parts to test sites quickly. The size limitation is flexible. Just curious if anyone else has gone this route.

We've done this with medical implants. The recipient is a taxi driver who takes it directly to the OR.

You can't bring it on board and sit in it?

[rsportvolvo]

You can't bring it on board and sit in it?

Good thought, but a 6'-5" guy sitting in a RaceTech RT4009WHRV on a Boeing 737 seat might not pass for a child seat.

[dave parker]

Buy it its own ticket. Our ship it UPS/FedEx.
My gear bag has sat in the seat next to me with its own ticket in the past. Do Not ever check your gear bag!

cheers
dave parker