ok here was the deal. flight left at 12:25 am to costa rica.2 boards for me and 2 boards for wade. had a great idea…they are shortboards so just need one bag. packed 4 shortboards in one fcs coffin bag. no problem nice and light. was not prepared for what happened. so the usual plan of lying about how many boards were in the bag was obvious. whatever i have to do to avoid the extra board charges. turns out money for having more than 2 boards was the least of my worries.
“how many boards are there in the bag”
“two”
“i need to check the bag sir to confirm”
“why there are 2 boards in there and they are packed well with a cardboard shell”
“i still need to check it – you have 4 boards in here sir”
“oh i do? ok well charge me then for the extra boards” i said cursing in my head.
“we do not accept bags with more than 2 boards”
“what do you mean?”
“i mean we can not take your bag – in fact if you had three boards i would charge you 125.00 for the 2 boards and then another 150.00 for the 3rd board AND your bag would fly stand by.
WHAT – WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!!!???? – “charge me the money and put my 4 boards that are in the bag that are very light and well packed on to the plane lady”
“sorry sir we do not except bags with more than 2 boards – it is a 2 board max per bag”
so obviously i freaked out and starting yelling – she got the supervisor – same deal – so with 10 minutes left to check in she is giving me options like ” have some one pick the other 2 boards up” and ” have someone bring you another bag” -
“lady i am at lax – hello- hard enough to get a ride here at 11pm at night and now your telling me that i need to phone my girlfriend and have her turn around from wherever she is at on her way back to san clemente to come and grab 2 of our boards – YOU’Re HIGH!”
“i am sorry sir we do not except bags with more than 2 boards – if you want to take 3 boards i will charge you an extra 150.00 and it will fly stand by”
“you know that if i had 2 funboards in here that the bag would be bigger and weigh a lot more than these 4 boards combined right? you know that?
“sir we do not except bags with more than 2 boards”
“so what the hell are you saying what possible options do i have? – do you have a locker?”
“no”
i thought a second ” here is whats going to happen i am gonna take 2 boards out and tape them together and send them through and if they even get the slightest ding on them your paying for it – you got it!!!”
“nope sir that is not what will happen because if you want those boards on this flight then you are gonna sign a waiver stating that we are not held liable for any damages because the boards were not packed properly”
“how much time do i have to do this to make my flight”
“7 minutes”
“you guys suck – here is our passports – check us in while i wrap 2 of my boards with no protection for 130.00″
so here i am in the middle of the airport flipping my bag open and trying to tape 2 boards together. guy walks by me looks down and can tell that i am doing something i dont want to be doing “are we having fun yet” he says to me.
“yeah man – yeah having a blast”
so we pay our 125.00 for one bag with 2 boards in it and then 125.00 for 2 boards taped together and totally unprotected. we made the flight no problem and i finally kind of calmed down.
we get there and would’nt you know it – the 2 boards taped together show up perfect – not a scratch on them. i can not believe it.
soooooo…………… maybe i just fell into some badluck there but man, like i said earlier, extra money for boards were the least of my worries – i almost could not even take the boards at all!!!! so plan wisely i guess.
