Continental
Continental Airlines
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Continental will fly poles for $80.
Official Policy from their website
http://www.continental.com/travel/policies/baggage/sports.asp
Excess Valuation may not be purchased for Pole Vaults.
Pole Vaults
Continental accepts one pole vault in lieu of one piece of free
baggage. Pole Vault must be properly encased in a suitable container.
Pole Vault acceptance is restricted by aircraft type. Contact Continental
Airlines Reservations at in the U.S. at 1-800-525-0280 or at our
worldwide reservations numbers for maximum length restrictions.
Domestically, Pole Vaults have a service charge of $80.00 (each
way) for each pole presented. This charge is in addition to any
excess baggage charge that may apply. Continental Airlines shall
not be liable for damage to a Pole Vault. Contact Continental Airlines
Reservations at 1-800-525-0280 or at our worldwide reservations
numbers for international service charge rates.
Pole Vaulting equipment will not be accepted as checked baggage
on any itinerary involving a flight operated by ExpressJet Airlines,
Inc. dba Continental Express or Continental Connection.
Note: Pole vaults will not be accepted during an excess
baggage embargo.
User Experiences
Do you have a Continental experience to share? Copy and paste the
following information into an email. Make the subject "FLYING
WITH POLES". Send to becca@polevaultpower.com
Name: Kathie Green
Date Traveled: July 2004
Airline: Continental
Experience: USATF contracted with Continental Airlines
to take the poles with the athletes to the 2004 World Junior Championships
in Italy from Newark, NJ. The contract was signed and then 48 hours
before the team was to leave for Italy, Continental notified
USATF that they WOULD NOT take the poles. So, we had to scramble
to have them shipped over to Italy. Stevie, Chip and Brad's poles
made it to Italy in about 10 days in time for Prelims but Jenny's
poles did not get there until the nite before finals 14 days later!!!
So put Continental Airlines down as a definite NO POLES!
We always had good luck with American West and Southwest.
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