[Butch Cassidy Slept Here]

The question isn't does the airline disclose the given fee. More accurately, the question is how FORTHCOMING is the airline about their fees and, as I indicated in a previous post, policies that can rival the Internal Revenue Service Code. Are there any US-based airlines which make their entire fee schedule available at their kiosks? I don't think so. It's not that hard, or even expensive. Just attach a rack and fill it with one page flyers. Sounds crazy? Up until approximately 10 years ago banks, essentially, "hid" their fee schedule. After a lot of complaints the Feds stepped-in and, today, when you open an account, you are handed a fee schedule. Restricting the availability of a (airline) fee schedule to those who have the ability to use a computer, and access to one; and those who are able to read-through text written on a college level reading ability; and, finally, those who are willing to spend 30 to 45 minutes searching for the information is NOT disclosure in any reasonable sense. Suggesting this info is available on the phone is a joke. Assuming one is lucky enough to reach someone who's native language is English, the response to a request for a given fee will probably be a "hang-up."

Given the fee charged in this example this individual would have done better to take that bicycle to a UPS Store and have had it shipped. Certainly, with UPS or Fedex, there would be a smaller likelihood that the bike would be damaged; be stolen; or go missing.