[Semprof]

According to a United Airlines response to my complaint, as of early May 2008 there is now a $100 (per direction, I believe) fee for checking golf-clubs. If weight exceeds 50 lbs., an additional $50 fee applies. Thus, a golfer must reckon with an additional cost of $200-$300 for taking clubs along. At least UA has gotten honest about its size restriction; it used to say "max. 62 linear inches (height+width+depth)." Of course, no set of golf clubs (except maybe for kiddies) would ever pass this restriction. Now UA is upfront -- Golfers not wanted.

[QJC]

As of July, 2008, United Airlines's website states that it's free to check one set of golf clubs in place of one piece of luggage. It does not state what the cost of a second set of clubs would be, although I can't see why one passenger would want to check two sets of clubs.

http://www.united.com/page/article/0,6722,52745,00.html

[Semprof]

You might want to be cautious before lugging your clubs to the airport. Earlier it took me a phone call to United to discover the extra fees for golf clubs; their website seemed fairly innocuous then (as it does now). Even if your info is the last word (at least for July), their unrealistic size/weight restriction will still keep most of us from taking clubs along. Let's keep watching.