Ski Boot Bags

Thanks AllyG. I'll have a look into that. Quite like not having to carry my boots around Duty Free. I think airline staff look out for boot bags and don't allow them, knowing that they don't comply. Top and tailing boots in other types of bags however seems to either not catch their eye or is acceptable.

Just looked at EJ & they say that skis & ski boots are not in the allowance but can be taken for an additional fee, are there others?

my understanding is that you cant take boots as carry on unless you purchase the 'sports equipment' carry on ticket for easy jet, i assume other cheap and nasty carriers are the same.

Yep you're right, just checked. Ski Boots are classed as sports equipment and EJ state, 'If ski boots are being carried without skis they can be accepted either within Your normal standard Hold Baggage allowance or as a sporting equipment item whichever is the more convenient option'. The more convenient option EJ is to let me put them in my hand luggage!!!! So despite them fitting in your hand baggage, they're not aloud. Golf shoes are ok though I note!

We have had a problem carrying boots as hand luggage. They let us check in with them but when we got to the gate they took all boot bags off anyone trying to take them on as hand luggage and insisted they went in the hold.

When I questioned this I was told they were classed as offensive weapons and not allowed in the cabin. I know my feet can pong a bit after a day's skiing but I thought this was a bit extreme :shock:

I have never known of anyone clubbing a fellow passenger to death with a ski boot either but I guess it just goes to show that they make the rules up as they go along. I suppose if you can find a bag that doesn't look like a boot bag, you stand a better chance of getting them on as hand luggage but you take the risk.

We are driving to Tignes in January, no problem with my offensive boots on that journey :lol:

Felthorpe, I take it you weren't charged for putting them in the hold?

I must say I hadn't realized I actually wasn't allowed to carry my ski boots as hand luggage. I thought the only problem I had was the wheels sticking out a tiny bit.

It's very strange because when they scan my boots they can obviously see they're ski boots. Maybe the airport security people don't mind ski boots but EasyJet do.

And perhaps the reason I haven't been told off at check in is because it doesn't look like a boot bag - it looks exactly like everyone else's mini- trolley suitcase.

Luckily I'm going to Tignes on the train, so that won't be a problem, but I am flying back. However, if my boots are confiscated on the way back I will have several months, at least, before I need them again which will hopefully give me time to recover them.

Felthorpe, did they charge you extra to put your ski boots in the hold?

Oh, and the most recent time I flew with EasyJet like this was at the end of April (2012), from Gatwick to Geneva and back again.

It certainly backs up the theory that if it doesn't look like a boot bag then no one will know. Its not like they search everyones bags for ski boots, otherwise known as highly offensive weapons!