Excess Baggage Services by Air

Why you should choose PACK & SEND for your Excess Baggage

Alternative companies offer an Airline unaccompanied baggage service. This alternative means of transporting your personal belongings has limitations. You must hold an international airline travel ticket between the origin and destination airports and your baggage must be consigned at the freight terminal before your flight. Unaccompanied Baggage is also considered low priority airfreight by all airlines. This means that it is sent on a ‘space and flight available’ basis. Therefore, it may be held back or off-loaded at any port during the journey to its destination.

Personal effects sent through airlines can be broken into three categories. They are:

1) Accompanied (cabin) Baggage
2) Unaccompanied Baggage
3) Air Cargo

The most important message is don’t compare apples to oranges when it comes to price! When using PACK & SEND’s Air Cargo service you receive a fixed price. In contrast, Unaccompanied baggage providers may quote a very small per kilogram charge, but you will get caught with all the ancillary charges at the destination, which are rarely disclosed to you at the time of taking your order. These differences in pricing for airline baggage services are explained in the table below.

Freight Charges Included in quoted per kg price	PACK & SEND Air Cargo service	Unaccompanied baggage services
Delivery to destination depot	Yes	Yes
Delivery to recipients door	Yes	No - responsibility of owner of personal effects.
Customs clearance charges	Yes	No - responsibility of owner of personal effects.
Airport terminal fees	Yes	No - responsibility of owner of personal effects.
Airline Tax	Yes	No - responsibility of owner of personal effects.
Documentation fees	Yes	No - responsibility of owner of personal effects.
Security Levy	Yes	No - responsibility of owner of personal effects.
Fuel Levy	Yes	No - responsibility of owner of personal effects.

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