Originally Posted by
BabyBearNewYork
Thanks. One reason for looking at the shipping option is I'm only in Chicago for a couple of nights and it seems redundant to be lugging 2 bags around for a short trip. I called my hotel in Dallas and they are fine accepting my bags, but are you saying that Fedex/UPS might be less reliable?
Well, speaking from personal experience...
I travel a lot. Maybe not a lot by FT standards but still, a lot. I always check a bag. Only twice in my life has my bag not shown up at the same time I did. Once when I was little kid (~35-40 years ago, flying from Malta to Canada via London, my bag ended up in Australia) and once 3 years ago, flying SFO-SEA, when my bag actually arrived with me but the conveyor belts in SEA were down and AS baggage handling was (understandably) a complete s-show. And I still got my bag in time for me to go to India 2 days later.
On the other hand, at least 25% of the things that I order online arrive at least a day after UPS says that they will, especially lately.