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Door-to-Door Baggage details United Door-to-Door Baggage saves you time at the airport and makes travel more convenient by providing next-day baggage delivery via FedEx®. You can schedule, track and manage shipments at United.com.
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The Door-to-Door Baggage option is available for customers traveling on United Airlines flights within the 48 contiguous United States. This option becomes available 10 days prior to the associated flight departure date.
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deshwasi said: wow. so we can overnite eBay goods upto 50lb for $25? not bad. time to clean up the basement.
The Door-to-Door Baggage option is available for customers traveling on United Airlines flights within the 48 contiguous United States. This option becomes available 10 days prior to the associated flight departure date.
a-max said: This service to totally bizarre. What difference does it make to them cost-wise whether or not you're flying?
They want to restrict the number of people using the service to their customers. Good way to increase their tickets sales.
On a side note, there is security reasons why airlines won't put your baggage on the plane unless you board the flight. Not sure how this service works. Are they using non-passenger flights to ship the bags? I suspect thats not the case.
so this for folks who have nothing better to do but pack their bags 10 days in advance and then twiddle their thumbs waiting for their vacation to arrive? i can only get it done like 2 mins before i am late for the flight, if that.
This is handled by Fed-EX, I doubt United ever touches the bag. This is a loss leader deal read The Terms and Conditions this is only available to people traveling on United in the next 11 days...after that it will be more expensive!
ezwrighter said: This is handled by Fed-EX, I doubt United ever touches the bag. This is a loss leader deal read The Terms and Conditions this is only available to people traveling on United in the next 11 days...after that it will be more expensive!
Oh I'll bet United is taking the bags. Fedex probably dumps off the pickups at the airport and the baggage guys there can stuff underutilized luggage space on set of plane routes that'll get the bag to its destination on time.
I havent had to fly in a while, but I'd consider this. Not having to pick up luggage, worry the luggage got lost, or actually have it get lost and screwing up your trip would be pretty cool.
CobraRob
New Member
posted: Mar. 18, 2010 @ 6:10p
Hindustani said: a-max said: This service to totally bizarre. What difference does it make to them cost-wise whether or not you're flying?
They want to restrict the number of people using the service to their customers. Good way to increase their tickets sales.
On a side note, there is security reasons why airlines won't put your baggage on the plane unless you board the flight. Not sure how this service works. Are they using non-passenger flights to ship the bags? I suspect thats not the case.
Probably not... We use united to ship high priority wafers to customer sites with no associated ticket. You just have to drop it off at special location at the airport. But what you said about bags for flights it true, I have run into being too early many times.
All these posts and not one "I'm bringing it wit me on the plane. I don't care how big it is. I'll just get me the biggest suitcase that still has wheels and then look frustrated and surprised when it doesn't fit into any of the overheads."
Where are all you people? Cuz' there's at least 50 of you on every flight I take.
Pyromaniac
Member
posted: Mar. 18, 2010 @ 8:08p
dontcare4myname said: sklar said: deshwasi said: wow. so we can overnite eBay goods upto 50lb for $25? not bad. time to clean up the basement.
Even better, you can ship crap to people you dont even know. Just make up a destination address at random.
Whats the point spending $25 and shipping crap to people u dont know? am i missing something here?
cheap way to get rid of your hazardous waste without paying ridiculous waste disposal fees.
I have about 50lbs of leaking batteries and used motor oil that I've just been way too lazy to bury out back.
Fedex uses their own planes for 95%+ of air shipments. This is obviously a publicity stunt by United to see if it will catch on. I'm sure they are eating a lot of money unless you have light weight suitcases. THis is also nothing that new, lots folks due this anyways to avoid the luggage hassle at the airport.
i thought about that too. but you never know how they will eat up your refund by saying part of your soul did make the trip. as for the time period of this offer, its obviously a lame stunt or a beta-trial of some sort..
wd said: This might be a great way to ship a bike and avoid all of the oversized baggage limits.
Not in a regular bike box as they have a size restriction. Fedex probably wont care, will take your box, then send it the airport where it will be either held for extra charge approval, or sent to your destination COD.
so $25 if YOU.... CARRY the bag to airport YOURSELF.. or $25 if THEY HAVE FEDEX WASTE GAS, TRANSPORTATION COSTS AND PICKUP IT UP FROM YOU.. GOOOO GREEEN!!!!!!!!!!!
For those wanting to game this, I observe that United has a 24-hour cancellation policy: buy the ticket from them and you can cancel it in 24 hours. And they sell refundable fares, too. So buy an air ticket (cheap or otherwise), schedule the shipment, and then cancel the air ticket. But that's just rude.
Answering other questions: no, this is not in addition to the normal baggage charges. This is instead of them. At the special $25 price, it's a bargain and a half. And the bags are handled by FedEx; they typically don't travel on United planes.
And as for wasting gas: by doing this, some of us may be able to take public transport to the airport rather than driving or using a shuttle. And since FedEx is in the neighborhood anyway, it's s net win.
mailnride1 said: All these posts and not one "I'm bringing it wit me on the plane. I don't care how big it is. I'll just get me the biggest suitcase that still has wheels and then look frustrated and surprised when it doesn't fit into any of the overheads."
Where are all you people? Cuz' there's at least 50 of you on every flight I take.
It's because members of FW are classy and thoughtful and nice.
deshwasi said: so this for folks who have nothing better to do but pack their bags 10 days in advance and then twiddle their thumbs waiting for their vacation to arrive? i can only get it done like 2 mins before i am late for the flight, if that. I suspect it's aimed at people who want to bring 3+ bags on their trip, and don't want to lug all that around the airport. Also, you probably get to take advantage of FedEx's online tracking system to see where your bags are, whereas the airlines seem to use crystal balls and animal sacrifice to figure out where bags are in their system. Last time they lost a friend's bag, they told us they didn't know where it was, but to have faith, it would show up.
a-max said: This service to totally bizarre. What difference does it make to them cost-wise whether or not you're flying?
you're "CLUELESS" stick with Greyhound...
this is a good service to those that actually fly more often than not, i've used similar services that cost into the hundreds, people with certain musical instruments have to pay for an extra seat or just $75 to ship it depending on its size
ezletzpla
Member
posted: Mar. 19, 2010 @ 5:04p
seems like a nice deal. i'm moving from nc to ca next month.... hope they don't mind that my suitcases are cardboard boxes.
cgull
Thrifty Member
posted: Mar. 19, 2010 @ 5:47p
I'm getting $99/bag. expired? local weirdness? who knows?
Someone asked how this is different from just taking your bag to FedEx: 1) it's a flat rate independent of weight (up to 50 lb.) or distance or residential v. non-residential delivery or even Saturday delivery. 2) they come pick up the bag. I took advantage of this (at $25, why not?). The bag was delivered. On a Saturday. For no additional money. It looked dirtier than usual following air travel, but nothing was broken.
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