Guest beermeister Posted October 5, 2008 Posted October 5, 2008 After finding out we can only get 20kg luggage each on the flight (don't have unstamped visa), I'm trying to work out the best way to air freight a few of the kids' toys over to keep 'em busy for a month before Santa delivers a few more goodies for them. I reckon about 20kg of stuff. I see Personal Porter charges £143 + £70 for a 23 kg bag (£9.13/kg) door to door; our packers charge £9.05/kg + £100 for door to door (£14.05/kg for 20kg); Royal Mail charge £21.01 for a 2kg parcel, so could split things down a bit and send toys separately. Anyone found a better price?
LKC Posted October 5, 2008 Posted October 5, 2008 I have been trying to find out the answer to this question all week. I found this British Airways - Excess & unaccompanied baggage on the british airways website and presume that other carriers have the same arrangements. We got quoted over £600 for four suitcase-sized bags by one of the shipping companies we had, one company didn't do excess baggage and one company suggested it might be cheaper to take excess baggage on the flight we book, rather than unaccompanied baggage/airfreight. I will keep searching when I get a minute.
Guest sassy123 Posted October 5, 2008 Posted October 5, 2008 well my daughter was at uni and found this one on the notice board SevenSeasWorldwide if you send one carton it was like £195 then if you send two it was £240 both of them were if i remember right 40kg boxes..... now cant remember how long this would take to get there but hey worth a look still.. sassy
keily Posted October 5, 2008 Posted October 5, 2008 well my daughter was at uni and found this one on the notice board SevenSeasWorldwide if you send one carton it was like £195 then if you send two it was £240 both of them were if i remember right 40kg boxes..... now cant remember how long this would take to get there but hey worth a look still..sassy hi sassy ...thanks for the link ...seems very reasonable for what i want to take ...have clicked your chick !!! mrs keily
countrybumpkins Posted October 5, 2008 Posted October 5, 2008 Hi Mrs Keily When are you off to oz? We are going hopefully Jan/feb time and are looking to use Sevenseas too. I wondered if you could update this post once you've used their services to let me know how it went. Many thanks Donna
keily Posted October 5, 2008 Posted October 5, 2008 hi mrs keily when are you off to oz? We are going hopefully jan/feb time and are looking to use sevenseas too. I wondered if you could update this post once you've used their services to let me know how it went. Many thanks donna no probs donna ...ive got pickfords and whites coming this week to give me quotes ....so will see if they are comparable ...will let you know mrs keily
countrybumpkins Posted October 5, 2008 Posted October 5, 2008 Hi again!! many thanks, much appreciated. Donna
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