Originally Posted by
onlyairfare
I agree - I fretted even about mailing my brother's cremains from Florida to North Carolina, and had planned on going to Florida, picking them up in person and carrying them in my hand baggage on a flight to North Carolina. Then Hurricane Ike hit the day I was supposed to arrive in Florida.
A family friend mailed them and they arrived safely in NC, but I'd always carry them in hand myself if possible. While we decide what to do with the cremains, they are now in the hands of my previously long-lost nephew, my brother's son who happens to live an hour from my NC place. We had just finally "found him" on the internet - a wonderful young man with a lovely family - after years of no contact . A happy consequence of an otherwise sad series of events.
In the UK most if not all of the parcel companies refuse to accept cremated remains, entirely due to potential fallout if they are lost. The only way we can officially send them is by a door to door courier, likewise I would never suggest that they be placed in a checked bag