Originally Posted by
imnewhere
Okay. Thanks guys! I think I will stick with checking in the original box, unless CX says its okay to bring onboard at the check-in counter. In that case, I will just bring the whole box as a carry-on.
Check it in a cheap suitcase with some (more) padding like the big bubble wrap and cardboard, if you are going to pay for a checked bag anyway. Keep in mind though it travelled 000's of kilometres from Asia it was in a container with 000's of others all protecting each other and bobbing along on a nice Boaty McBoatface. And if it got wet or punctured it did not make it to Best Buy to begin with.
That padding won't protect it from baggage handler's olympic hammer throwing activity.