Ski Bag Advice (2 pairs of skis and 2 pairs of boots) please :)

It's an Air Canada Flight, fly next weekend (yay!) from what I gleaned from their website it was one bag per person (hold luggage), so we figured on one ski bag and one mammoth Suitcase. Weight will be more of an issue on the return flight as I'm buying skis out there :)

My read of the rules below, would allow two pairs of skis in the ski bag, plus one pair of boots in a boot bag. Put the second pair of boots in the other checked bag. Pad the ski bag with clothes, but only have the boots in the boot bag.


When packed separately, each of the following counts as one piece of baggage towards the maximum number of checked bags allowed by your fare type:

one or more sets of skis (snow or water) packaged together in the same container,
one snowboard,
one wakeboard,
one helmet,
one set of poles,
one pair of boots (ski or snow),
one pair of skates,
a single slalom.

Waivers / Charges

Skis or snowboard: No oversize charge applies.
Wakeboard: oversize fees apply.
Ski boots or snow boots: No additional piece charge applies when carried along with skis/snowboard.
One boot bag is permitted per customer.
The boot bag must contain only boots. If it contains - or is designed to contain - other items, the additional piece charge will apply.

See that's where I'm getting a bit confused, is it a ski bag PLUS boot bag as one persons checked luggage? As I thought that would be 3 pieces of checked luggage (including) mammoth Suitcase. :/ perplexed