I've just got caught by this . Booked outbound to Tenerife with Firstchoice .. £20 rtn for Kiteboard (no one way price even though they sell one way ticket) Return with BA ARSE , I am going out for there for my birthday for some surfing and kiting. Now I know I'm never going to get my surfboard home so won't take it but cannot get an answer from BA on the kites etc .
Two calls and i just get quoted the size limit and also that the 'accepted' sports list is exhaustive but the banned list is not ! ie if it aint on the list they can kick it off the flight.
I've written to the exec club email address twice and both times they said they cannot help please contact the service centre on a bleedin 0870 number.
Also sent email to link on this list and await reply.
As time is short I've got my snowboard bag out and packed stuff in that.. just have to say I'm going snowboarding via Gatwick.
Just bought a new kite bag aswell only 130cm long but thought twice about the golf bag as thought it a bit deceitful, oh well . I'll let you know if I get back from the Canaries next Tuesday.
PS Bike bags can carry a shed load of kite kit, I know I've tried.
Not sure if its good or not but Easy Jet have bought the BA (GB airways) franchise so maybe a lot of these routes will be OK again in March 2008.