[SeaCliff]

Numbers continue to add up - as do the names and great comments if you read thru: up over 6400 now..keep 'em coming! If you havent already, please email the website link to anyone you can think of!!

http://www.surfers-against-airline-fees.com/

Thanks!!!

[Waves be Good]

What's the latest on this issue? Fizzling out . . . or . . . stage two?

[nycwipeout]

approaching 7,000 sigs ever so slowly

still lots of emails coming in & thanking the peeps who started it

was hoping to get to 10,000, and averaging out RT flight costs to say $600, there might be some impact to say they are looking at $6million of lost revenue due to this discrimination

[frr(A)K]

FYI- jetblue charged me 50 bucks each way for my boards...and they almost charged me another 50 on the way back cuz I had a shortboard and a longboard in my bag, but the puertican dude behind the counter was cool about it....  ITs gettting really expensive to go on vacation and surf...

[Ya Motha!]

FYI- jetblue charged me 50 bucks each way for my boards...and they almost charged me another 50 on the way back cuz I had a shortboard and a longboard in my bag, but the puertican dude behind the counter was cool about it....  ITs gettting really expensive to go on vacation and surf...

did you get any surf?

[nycwipeout]

http://www.surfersvillage.com/surfing/37070/news.htm

[nycwipeout]

interesting story, probably a lot more of them out there too.

http://www.worldprosurfers.com/bottles-surfboard-hawaii.htm

Wish we could get more pro's to sign this, getting close to 8K

we need the next step to happen though

[SeaCliff]

interesting story, probably a lot more of them out there too.

http://www.worldprosurfers.com/bottles-surfboard-hawaii.htm

Wish we could get more pro's to sign this, getting close to 8K

we need the next step to happen though

We DEF need the next step to happen....I think it's planning meeting time! Let me know what works for you, and I'm there!

[Shacky]

and what is this mysterious next step you speak of?

[Mims]

and what is this mysterious next step you speak of?

Last I heard it involved some of the waitstaff from Hooters and a Mechanical Bull...or maybe that had to do with something else....

[Homestar]

If American charges me what they say they charge $100 / board each way my baggage fees will cost me almost as much as lodging for three weeks in Costa.

Eff that....

HSR

[nycwipeout]

You know, I was going to start a thread about creating a New York Surfers Association, so we, as a conglomerate could have a louder & more defined purpose/voice than say just the Surfrider Foundation.

For instance, having a NYSA group could rally or lobby for offshore reefs made from our humble subway cars that not only can provide an eco culture for fish but also create artificial surfing reefs that can draw in $$'s for local communities.

There are other surfers associations that have done some wonderful things like backing the SOS - Save Our Seas - Surfers Against Sewerage (www.sas.org.uk/education/sos/index.html) initiative in the UK...but then I came across this, where a collective surfers association finally had some clout and got some action going...any thoughts?


Portuguese Surfers Assn negotiating airline board fees                        
 
Global Surf News, 18 February, 2009 : - The Portuguese Surfers Association actively participated in the outcome of TAP's new rules on boards carriage as we entered into negotiations with the company's top management. It ist still not the ideal solution but it is definetely an improvement from what we had:
    * fees are applied to BAGS not boards;
    * bags weighting less than 10kg will be charged a 50% discount (say 37,5€ per bag in in Europe) ;
    * a responsibility waiver is also necessary 
Portuguese Surfers Association be pleased to get (writen) feedback from associates / athletes to see if things go as expected and further changes are necessary. Please send feed back to direccao@ansurfistas.com
 
Further (good) news are likely to come in the horizon as SATA (Air Azores) will also reduce its fees (currently standing at 50€ per board) and/or create a special charge for surfers travelling to the Azores for the WQS and the Portuguese Nationals expected to take place one week later.

www.ansurfistas,com

[nycwipeout]

we've hit the 10,250 mark


might need to start stage II....Seacliff?

[16ASteadyrock]

I still say a class action lawsuit is the way to go...