Re: Walthamstow!!!???


"sandra" <rubbish@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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good luck with your journey!

I can see the airports and flight companies making money out of not being
able to take foodstuffs on board!

The thing that worries me, is that if you have to put valuables in the
hold and they are 'lost', there is little or no compensation.
Laptops are a prime example, business people and students for that matter
often need to take them, but it could have disasterous consequences to
have them damaged or lost.

The airlines need to sort this out fast. We are supposed to be moving
abroad soon, and there was stuff we had planned to take as hand baggage
because we didn't want to let it out of our sight and did not want to
trust it to movers. Now we may have to drive thousands of miles instead.

sandra

I know a lot of people ship things to themselves overnight UPS or FedEx for
example rather than deal with the airlines. Would this work for an overseas
move?

When I had to go to out of town conferences back when I was still working,
there would be a line at the FedEx office in the hotel after it was over.
Everyone shipping their books and briefcases back to their offices. I'd
sooner FedEx a laptop than check it with an airline.

Jo




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