Originally Posted by MiraculousM

This is really interesting to find out. I had a samsonite i bought at Ross that died 4 years after i bought it. BA broke the frame but replaced it with a samsonite off the website.. which, ironically, lasted 2 long haul flights before it broke (first the plastic that holds the bits together on the way there broke then on the way back, the case arrived with massive cracks).. BA replaced that one too.