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Besides, trains don't go to Coz. You're right.  The Mexican rail system is now defunct, but ten or so years ago you wouldn't have had a problem. Take the bus instead.

:the airlines, just not enforced unless the scuba gear doesn't fit within :normally acceptable luggage. Not that I have noticed.  In fact, I once checked and Delta was the only airline I found with a scuba surcharge. As I explained to Jeff H, it appears that some airlines have changed their position. H NED Huntzinger wrote on 12/20/2000 Or simply charges extra for because it allegedly involves extra handling (American Airlines).  I'm tired of officially sanctioned double standards where if its golf clubs, they can go as 3rd piece of checked baggage absolutely free, but if its dive gear, there's a surcharge and it counts towards part of your standard baggage allowance. Today, however, American only applies a surcharge to Scuba Tank (empty) . And I could swear Continental had a similar policy.  Here's what I found on Google from 1/23/02, posted by Joe R:   Sometime this month continetal updated their website with new baggage policies.. They now list scuba gear as an $80 per bag additonal charge...  Elliott Goldstein confirmed: amazingly you are correct. their web site says that any bag containing scuba equipment will be charged an $80 extra fee. Today, however, Continental states: Continental does accept one dive bag containing equipment used in the scuba-diving sport as part of the free baggage allowance. So either this is a conspiracy to make me think I've gone crazy, or the major airlines really have recently changed their scuba gear policies for the better. But not all.  As I pointed out to Jeff H, United still says it will impose a charge, though that should be moot in a little while.  And no matter what Jeff H said about US Airways, I checked their policy too:   Special items such as pets, surfboards, bicycles, scuba equipment, etc. are not included in the customer's free baggage allowance and are subject to an extra charge.

if you fly with a full-size tank. I don't know what Continental's policy is (published or real), but my bags have been x-rayed and searched (due to the presence of pony bottles @ < 40 psi) and I wasn't charged extra for the gear.

Jeff H < This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it wrote in message Greg, Most? After checking American, America West, Continental, Us Airlines, and United, none mentioned an additional cost other than tanks. I only checked those that might affect me. I'm surprised about Continental.  I could swear I've seen differently in the past, so perhaps they have modernized their policy.  But United still lists scuba gear as subject to a special handling charge . The last time this old issue was raised, it seemed that most airlines had a similar policy to Delta's.  Perhaps they reacted to all the negative publicity in the newsgroup and changed their tune. Continental was not a problem when I went to Coz last March. I asked about the policy, and basically, if your total baggage including scuba gear, and each individual bag, is under the standard published weight limits, there's no extra charge or special treatment. My buddy and I, in total, were allowed four checked and two carry-on bags.  We took the heavy items (he uses a WI BCD with soft weights and insisted on taking his own) divided them up between the 4 checked bags, and managed to keep all of them under 60 pounds each. This gave us a little breathing room for the return trip home when the wetsuits would still be a bit heavier.  

So either this is a conspiracy to make me think I've gone crazy, or the That too