Anyone ever flown with their playboat and paddle and not been charged anything for it? I met a guy on the chee over at PP ball named Josh, who lived up here but now lives in Cali. Anyone know him? He flew Alaska Airlines with no outrageous baggage fees. I believe with a Jackson RockStar S.

I've had similar experiences flying out of Seattle with Alaskan.
Package the boat up well, including a carrying strap. Keep the weight below 50 lbs. Pay for number of bags including the kayak before you drop it off at baggage...both times I did this they just took it without commenting on the fact that it was oversize.

I was just looking at this yesterday. My brother is flying in on frontier and out on alaska. Looking at both of their oversize fees it looks like its going to be really expensive but it sounds like you had better experiences. Did you guys contact the airlines before hand or just show up?

Have you heard of anyone getting burned by the airlines? (like getting charged huge fees at the airport or refused entry)