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Originally Posted by Burgundy21
Hi Rease,
We have just arranged to have 40kg shipped by Singapore Airlines. The boxes will be packed by us and collected by them to go to ChCh. They are not going on the same plane so we can collect them when we have recovered from the trip. The cost is 350 euros door to door. We wont actually save money by taking our stuff but we won't have to immediately buy things which could be inferior quality.
Yes, I just checked it is an intermediate co. called Partnair ( Paris) .
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I think this kind of thing is much harder to do in the US than in Europe. In the US, the shipments are only allowed to go on freight-only planes, which now leave from a lot fewer airports than before 9/11. Air New Zealand, for example, only ships freight from Chicago (last time I checked), so air freight has to be trucked to Chicago first. There's some loophole with freight-forwarders who are well-known to the airlines, but when I looked into it, it was a very expensive option.
For just 40 kg, though, I would think you could probably get them on the same plane with you as extra luggage, with a moderate extra cost.