But that’s a rather long way to get a new bike, and the old one is ruined. Ouch.
Different airline: A friend flew United, internationally, and his bike arrived the day he was due to leave for home. I mean, they DID get it there, but he had over a week with a rental bike. (Nice Untied) It arrived perfectly, of course, no delays on the return. And no idea from them where it was all that time.