Before you pack

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1. Do ski boots count as hand luggage? Airline by airline

   Four of the twenty airlines we track say ski boots may go in the cabin. The rest do not address it. The table, with each airline's own wording.

2. Ski bag weight and size limits by airline

   Published ski bag weight limits run from 15 kg to 32 kg, and half the airlines publish no length at all. The table and what the blanks mean.

3. Renting skis in the Alps or flying with your own: the real sum

   The airline side of the rent or fly question, priced from published fees, for one traveller and a family of four, with the break even you work out yourself.

4. How to pack skis and boots for a flight (and what the airline weighs)

   What counts as one ski item on twenty airlines, whether two pairs fit in one bag, where boots and poles belong, and which number gets weighed.