Transport luggage from US to Europe
Ill be flying to Boston this summer and I wanted to buy carry on luggage over there. It's for my mom and its pretty expensive (400+ usd). I was thinking how can I transport it back to Europe (with transit in Frankfurt). I thought that maybe I could pack in in the bigger check in luggage, but I wonder if it would raise suspicions by TSA, or just check in it as normal luggage, but then I'm quite afraid it could get damaged before I hand it over to my mom.
I heard luggage theft is quite big issue in US and Lufthansa is also notorious of losing checked in luggage and not sure what can I do about that.
What can I do when someone steals luggage that is of subsntatial value? Do I also get reimbursed by the airline for the luggage itself?
So should I risk it and just check in it by itself or maybe pack it inside a bigger luggage?