Arrived at Charles de Gaulle at about 9am after about 2 hours sleep on route in a lovely motorway service station. Free car park and shuttle bus sorted and plenty of time waiting on plastic chairs for the Egypt Air check-in to open.
First problem - tyres not deflated enough - easy fix. Second problem - they did not like the plastic bags for the bikes . Had to buy boxes from Air France, slightly annoying, but only €7 each so not really a problem. Third problem - they wanted to charge us €55 each for the bikes. We had checked their website and phoned the UK office and as long as the bikes were within our baggage allowance of 46kg!! , they should be free. Many explanations and more and more heated conversations got us one for free from the check-in manager. Tried to pay the fee, but the Air France handling agent wanted $75, so they call Egypt Air. Strangely enough, at this point, Egypt Air decided that the bikes should go free and there had been a misunderstanding re the method of packing (we should have taken the front wheels off!). Anyway - all free - but 2 hours taken from start to end of check-in!
First problem - tyres not deflated enough - easy fix. Second problem - they did not like the plastic bags for the bikes . Had to buy boxes from Air France, slightly annoying, but only €7 each so not really a problem. Third problem - they wanted to charge us €55 each for the bikes. We had checked their website and phoned the UK office and as long as the bikes were within our baggage allowance of 46kg!! , they should be free. Many explanations and more and more heated conversations got us one for free from the check-in manager. Tried to pay the fee, but the Air France handling agent wanted $75, so they call Egypt Air. Strangely enough, at this point, Egypt Air decided that the bikes should go free and there had been a misunderstanding re the method of packing (we should have taken the front wheels off!). Anyway - all free - but 2 hours taken from start to end of check-in!