Travel with heavy luggage

[gopher87]

Hi

I need to travel with a piece of luggage that is way heavier than what
is allowed to carry on in the cabin. It contains important papers that I
cannot risk losing. Is there any way (like by paying an extra) that I
can take it with me in the cabin or have it stored in a special way
inside the cabin?

thanks

[JimL]

On Jun 8, 4:10 am, gopher87 <gophe...@gopher87.gopher87> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I need to travel with a piece of luggage that is way heavier than what
> is allowed to carry on in the cabin. It contains important papers that I
> cannot risk losing. Is there any way (like by paying an extra) that I
> can take it with me in the cabin or have it stored in a special way
> inside the cabin?
>
> thanks

Any chance of getting those papers scanned, and saved to a CD or thumb
drive? Then at the other end either use a projector, or the essential
ones find a computer and printer. If it is hundreds of pages, a
Kinko's or Staples can do high voume printing.

[AES]

In article <h0iki8$s4c$1@aioe.org>,
gopher87 <gopher87@gopher87.gopher87> wrote:

> Hi
>
> I need to travel with a piece of luggage that is way heavier than what
> is allowed to carry on in the cabin. It contains important papers that I
> cannot risk losing. Is there any way (like by paying an extra) that I
> can take it with me in the cabin or have it stored in a special way
> inside the cabin?
>
> thanks

Never heard of any such service -- which is no guarantee that something
like this doesn't exist.

But I'm afraid you may be attempting to get a system (i.e., that is, a
passenger airline) whose people are already heavily stressed and
overloaded with all the normal things they have do and the standard
tasks they have to perform to do something that's simultaneously very
important (to you) and difficult, nonstandard, and maybe near impossible
(for them).

Looking into some kind of freight or shipping service may be a better
approach.

[Rudy]

>> I need to travel with a piece of luggage that is way heavier than what is
>> allowed to carry on in the cabin. It contains important papers that I
>> cannot risk losing. Is there any way (like by paying an extra) that I can
>> take it with me in the cabin or have it stored in a special way inside
>> the cabin?

You have OVER 45 pounds of paperwork ?
Ever considered converting the data to digital media and carrying it as a
DVD or CD-r's

> You might think about sending it ahead via overnight courier (FedEx or UPS
> or equivalent)

Have you EVER checked what it might cost to "overnight" a 45+ pound package
?!

Its probable cheaper to buy another ticket and "sit" the box of papers on
the extra seat (lashed down with seat belt of course)

[Jan]

kjw wrote:
<snipped>

> First of all, I don't know what airline you're on, nor the rules for
> all airlines. That being said, I've never had an airline weigh my
> carryon to be sure it is under the 45 pounds that I'm allowed. Your
> biggest concern will be the overall dimensions.
>

I'm just amazed that you can have 45lb of hand luggage on ( I asume this is)
US flights ! In the UK hand luggage is usually between 5kg and 10kg
depending on the airline.
Checked baggage is only 23kg on average.

Jan

[A Mate]

In Australia the limit for each carry-on is 7kg - and it is often weighed
(always at International check-ins). Heavy carry-ons in overhead
compartments are a hazard. The lockers are not designed for heavy weights!

"gopher87" <gopher87@gopher87.gopher87> wrote in message
news:h0iki8$s4c$1@aioe.org...
> Hi
>
> I need to travel with a piece of luggage that is way heavier than what is
> allowed to carry on in the cabin. It contains important papers that I
> cannot risk losing. Is there any way (like by paying an extra) that I can
> take it with me in the cabin or have it stored in a special way inside the
> cabin?
>
> thanks

[Brian]

On Tue, 9 Jun 2009 11:11:52 +0100, "Jan" <jan@freeinternet.com> wrote:


>I'm just amazed that you can have 45lb of hand luggage on ( I asume this is)
>US flights ! In the UK hand luggage is usually between 5kg and 10kg
>depending on the airline.
>Checked baggage is only 23kg on average.
>
>Jan
>

I was surprised years ago when my daughter went to France on British
Air in 2000 that they weighed her carryon. I think the limit was about
22 lbs. I have never had a problem with carryon here and don't have an
idea how much mine weighs.

[William Black]

Sancho Panza wrote:


> June 12 (Bloomberg) -- Japan is investigating reports two of its citizens
> were detained in Italy after allegedly attempting to take $134 billion
> worth of U.S. bonds over the border into Switzerland.

Interesting, because:

1. Both countries are Schengen countries and shouldn't need any papers to
cross.

2. Both countries are part of the EEA and there is a free flow of goods
within that area.

Which implies that they got stopped because someone informed someone else
that they needed stopping...

--
William Black

[Sancho Panza]

"William Black" <william.black@***********.uk> wrote in message
news:h0uf9e$2mm$2@news.eternal-september.org...
> Sancho Panza wrote:
>
>
>> June 12 (Bloomberg) -- Japan is investigating reports two of its citizens
>> were detained in Italy after allegedly attempting to take $134 billion
>> worth of U.S. bonds over the border into Switzerland.
>
> Interesting, because:
>
> 1. Both countries are Schengen countries and shouldn't need any papers to
> cross.
>
> 2. Both countries are part of the EEA and there is a free flow of goods
> within that area.
>
> Which implies that they got stopped because someone informed someone else
> that they needed stopping...

One fascinating question is who in the world is traveling with more than
$100 billion of anything?

[William Black]

Sancho Panza wrote:

>
> "William Black" <william.black@***********.uk> wrote in message
> news:h0uf9e$2mm$2@news.eternal-september.org...
>> Sancho Panza wrote:
>>
>>
>>> June 12 (Bloomberg) -- Japan is investigating reports two of its
>>> citizens were detained in Italy after allegedly attempting to take $134
>>> billion worth of U.S. bonds over the border into Switzerland.
>>
>> Interesting, because:
>>
>> 1. Both countries are Schengen countries and shouldn't need any papers to
>> cross.
>>
>> 2. Both countries are part of the EEA and there is a free flow of goods
>> within that area.
>>
>> Which implies that they got stopped because someone informed someone else
>> that they needed stopping...
>
> One fascinating question is who in the world is traveling with more than
> $100 billion of anything?

I can think of any number of examples, none of them involving the legal
movement of funds.

The ability of governments to pay large amounts of money to people and
organisations without that money being traceable is a very useful one.

The story "Smiley's People" by John le Carre, written by a retired
intelligence office, is a good illustration of what can happen if
clandestine government payments are not clandestine enough.

--
William Black