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Old Feb 23, 2014 | 2:46 pm
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ColoBill1
 
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Originally Posted by StingWest
Hello

Do I have to make the box more like a piece of luggage for UA to accept it? For example, do I have to add one of those handles that you can tie to the box?

Also, will the TSA re-seal it with tape if they open it for inspection, or do I have to provide some way to re-close it?
For a SEA-COS return in January, I checked two 18"x18"x24" boxes, weighing 45 and 54 pounds respectively. No handles were required.

Both were inspected, then retaped by TSA. However, they did a pretty sloppy/flimsy job retaping them.
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