Flying with "bike parts"
I like folding bikes. They're fun to ride, nimble and compact to store and travel with. I'll be flying off to Japan with my trifold Cranston safely packed away in its flightcase. There's a not-zero chance that I could be tempted into buy another vintage folding bike while in Japan. Bringing it home would be the issue as airline's (Westjet) own rules only allow "one bicycle and helmet per person".
The particular style of folding bikes I have in mind would fit into a regular suitcase if completely disassembled into its component parts, frame included. If I were to spread the parts between two checked suitcases, would that still count as a second "bicycle", or just "bicycle parts"? There would be some parts I could place in my actual bicycle's flightcase, so the the parts in the checked suitcases wouldn't actually be a complete bicycle...
Anything to avoid paying $300-500 in freight charges to ship a second bike back to Canada.
Has anyone attempted to fly with a suitcase full of a disassembled bicycle and not had to pay the usual bicycle luggage fee?
