Strikes and baggage charges: Do we have to fly anyway?

Mark Pawlak    Adventure Sports & Travel Thoughts     Adventure Sports, baggage charges

News that British Airways staff could again be looking to strike is bad news for travellers. We all have some sympathy for workers facing job cuts – life isn’t easy for most of us at the moment – but when strikes affect our precious adventure getaway, patience wears thin, quickly.

For the intrepid adventure sports fanatic air travel has never been easy: try checking in two boards and three sails, as well as your rucksack. And no, no matter how hard you try, that 7ft polished wave cutter is not fitting in the overhead locker. read more