Good on ya for putting that in a lot of people dont realize the airlines can punish you for boards...Im going to costa rica and I looked on the skyservice website they want 100 bucks canadian/board, criminal...

In my experience I always go up to someone young at the counter and if they are unwilling to help me out then I ask for the manager. I've yet to have to pay except in Indo where I didnt really want to argue its skecky as anway. The manager and the person at the counter will usually have the discretion and with a smile and the right additude you should never have to pay...On a side note I got northwest airlines to waive the charges on a flight from jacksonville to buffalo, they wanted to charge me 80 us for the board when the flight only cost 70 but when I got to buffalo my tail was snapped. The problem is the reason the extra charge is imposed is due to weight restrictions, yet a smaller shortboard weighs a couple kilos if that, so thats usually the angle I use...something to think about when travelling anyway

American Airlines charged me $80 american coming home from Costa Rica. I only had one board so i don't know if that was per board or not. They were pretty strict, but i'm not great at talking my way out of things.

yah .. American Airlines is usually pretty tight like that.. my buddy had to pay $100 Euros coming back from Portugal last year for one board..
talk about a kick in the a**