Originally Posted by
Tourist in MSN
Then you need an airline with staff in Europe that will allow a bagged bike. That is different than needing a ticketing agent in USA that accepts a bagged bike. I suspect more luck with European ticketing agents.
A bike specific padded bag is one thing, a full sized bike wrapped in plastic and duct tape might be another.
If you’re denied at check-in, then what a ticketing agent or someone you called at customer service said is irrelevant unless you can back it up with the airline’s (or code-shared airline’s) web site information.
Typically that scenario would give you an hour or so to find enough cardboard to tape a box together. It could get hairy!