Originally Posted by
Xyzzy
Just the fact that it would be packed in a cardboard box means you;ll be seeing and signing the standard UA "improperly packaged" checked baggage damage waiver.
Is this actually the case? United has this clause for "wholly domestic" travel, but for international travel there is no such clause in the CoC. At least none that either I nor the station manager at MIA could find, so they begrudgingly accepted my two boxes without the waiver.
And last week I checked another box at BOS with nobody even attempting to ask for a waiver, and as that box was crushed in transport, I was able to file a claim for the damaged items in the box (the box was not covered of course).
Greetings - Dirk