Air Canada Fly Your Bike Program

[Grumpy Goat]

After seeing a post on the other forum in which the subject Program was mentioned I became interested. I first heard about something like this being utilized on Richy Vida / Wildbad Touring's North America tour (Episode 2 here) and thought nothing more of it. (Turns out they used Air Transat Cargo, I believe)

Here is a link to the Air Canada Cargo page: https://www.aircanada.com/cargo/en/shipp...cycle.html

The cities are:

   

The web page alludes to the need for various bit of information which could affect the cost:

• A booking reference for your flight if you are travelling on Air Canada
• The destination and departure date for the motorcycle
• Your name, address, telephone contact number, and email address
• The name, address, telephone contact number of the consignee (receiver at destination)
• Dimensions of the motorcycle (length, width, height)
• Approximate weight of the motorcycle
• Name and contact information of a dangerous goods consultant

The above is in the 2019 brochure for this service.

However I sent them an email to see if I can get a ballpark idea of a cost range between, say Toronto and London. Lets see what they say.

This would have to be much cheaper than renting a bike over there for it to make sense, of course, but it would also be nice to be able to take your own bike over for a special experience.

[Grumpy Goat]

Here is the reply I got back from Air Canada, to give this a little perspective:

Hello Wayne,

For Toronto to London with a passenger ticket;

$1000CAD plus a $108GBP destination charge in London, plus a Dangerous goods declaration ($150-$250CAD)

For London back to Toronto with a passenger ticket;

$765GBP plus a $90CAD destination charge in Toronto (DG declaration charge included)

For Toronto to London without a passenger ticket

$1350 plus a $108GBP destination charge in London, plus a Dangerous goods declaration ($150-$250CAD)

For London to Toronto without a passenger ticket

$965GBP plus a $90CAD destination charge in Toronto (DG declaration charge included)

Please note the program runs until September 30th, and travel must be completed by that date.

Depending on your budget that might be not too bad for a bucket list trip.