I flew from Saint Louis to Salt Lake City on Delta, no problems. I had three pistols in a lockable case.
On the return trip, I was told I would be charged an excess baggage fee when I declared the firearms.
Apparently, Delta has a policy of only allowing two firearms in a lockable case. If you have any more, they will charge you for excess baggage.
They wanted to charge me eighty dollars,( their rules published on the internet indicate it should have been forty.)
I asked to see a supervisor. I explained that the Delta service rep I spoke to on the phone did not mention the two gun only rule. The supervisor told me I was so unusual, travelling with three guns, the service rep was under no oblgation to mention the two gun rule.
"Most people who check in a gun travel with only one. Only a few times since I've worked here have I seen somebody travel with more than one. :banghead:
I explained that in this instance, their policy made absolutly no sense. To avoid the extra charge, we would have to put one pistol in my wife's luggage, inside another locked container. This additional locked container would mean extra weight, but no excess luggage charge. 'Burning up irreplaceable fossil fuels in the process.' I didn't say the 'fossil fuels' thing, but it would have been appropriate.
If there had been two guns in my baggage, and one in my wife's, there would have been no extra charge.
I was travelling with my wife and child, all three of us paid for a seat. I guess we could have travelled with six guns, with each of us declaring two, but my 20 month old son would probably have a difficult time signing the
'unloaded gun' declaration.
Check with the airline, and determine if they have any stupid rules.