I booked my flight with Lufthansa but my check in at Montreal was with Air Canada and so was the first snag. While I booked and paid Lufthansa for the extra baggage of a bicycle and paid the hefty $300 fee, that information did not make it to the Air Canada check in desk. The attendant was very supportive and pulled out every stop to help me but in order for her to get my bike onto the plane I would have to pay Air Canada another $375!!! The most I’ve paid on past trips has been $100 and I paid when purchasing, no matter what airline owned the plane. Looks like I now have some additional entertainment in Frankfurt while I try to get Lufthansa to straighten things out. As long as the bike makes it undamaged to Livingston, I’ll claim victory.
Frankfurt update: No answer from the very patient Lufthansa representative. It appears that I need to prove payment despite having confirmation that I booked the extra baggage (bicycle) when I made the original reservation. It looks like I’ll need to produce the credit card transaction record that would show the payment of the extra fee. Of course that assumes that the credit card bill would show it separately from the flight reservation. Note to self: maybe just add the bike at the airport in the future. This is a matter that will have to wait until I return home.