Travelers looking to catch the next wave in both U.S.
surfing meccas and popular international surfing destinations will find it easier
to travel with their own surfboard thanks to a new surfboard policy
instituted by Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines.
Hailed as the most generous among premium U.S. airlines, the
policy now allows guests flying on Alaska
and Hawaiian to check multiple surfboards into a single bag measuring up to
10 feet, 5 inches from nose to tail, and weighing up to 50 pounds.
Flights on
regional E175 aircraft, however, can only take surfboard bags that don’t exceed 9
feet, 7 inches.
Surfboards are treated as standard checked baggage with no
special item fees and offer bag allowances for guests booking with the airline’s
branded credit cards and earning points in the new Atmos Royalty loyalty
program.
Hawaii residents traveling interisland through the Huaka‘i by Hawaiian
program are able to get one free checked bag inclusive of surfboards.
The new surfboard policy was developed to accommodate all
surfers looking to chase the next swell to places like Tahiti and Mexico, Costa
Rica or the far reaches of Australia, American Samoa, the Cook Islands, Japan
and New Zealand.
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