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Old Dec 9, 2008 | 9:54 pm
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philphys
 
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Originally Posted by guv1976
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Have you priced what it would cost to ship your excess baggage ahead of time (from Pittsburgh), rather than pay the airline's excess baggage fee?
You mean, to my final destination? I did, and it's much more expensive than what Asiana charges for excess baggage. FYI, I'm going to Korea and shipping would cost $250 with the cheapest USPS option (or whopping $480 with FedEx) per 50 lbs package. It's really too bad there is no surface shipping option available anymore... On the other hand, Asiana excess baggage fee is $130 per bag up to 50 lbs and about $10 more per bag for airport to home shipping once I arrive in Korea.

I have also considered shipping my luggages to JFK but it was getting too complicated for too little gain (vs. hauling them myself with a one-way rental of course)

I even considered using airline cargo service directly, which appears to be cheaper but unfortunately it looks like I have to become a "known shipper" before I can even use the service. Bummer...
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