Recommendations? Getting unaccompanied luggage home

[dot]

For my next DONE4, I will need to have some checked luggage (MrsDot insists that I get her scrapbooking stuff while in the LOTFAP) that will need to get from LAS to MEL. For me, a DONE4 in 10 days is easy to so with hand luggage only.
My concern is that with a somewhat convoluted routing (LAS-DFW-LAX-AKL-BNE-CNS-BNE-MEL) and my luggage's displayed tendency to go walk-about, what is the best way to ship my suitcase home?

Should I go with Fedex/DHL type courier, or is there some other alternative from LAS or LAX?

Any ideas greatfully appreciated

 

[NYCguy]

's displayed tendency to go walk-about, what is the best way to ship my suitcase home?

Should I go with Fedex/DHL type courier, or is there some other alternative from LAS or LAX?

I use FedEx to move things around - it's just too easy, extremely reliable, and although it's not cheap I always have peace of mind...

 

[serfty]

Ex USA, it looks like a Freight forwarder is one of your few options:

• qantasfreight.com

Unaccompanied Baggage ex USA

Due to security restrictions imposed since 9/11/2001, Qantas Freight does not currently accept unaccompanied baggage exit USA ports. Customers have the option of -

• Checking their baggage as excess on their flight(s) or
• Contacting a freight forwarding company to assist them in moving their baggage.

I'd expect this to be the case for all airlines ex USA.

 

[spiggy_topes]

A couple of years back I used one of those 'Send unaccompanied bags' places at Victoria Station in London to return a 30kg+ suitcase back to Brisbane (had an intervening week coming up in the US with lots of short flights) Cost around $500. Turned up a week or so later - the pain was having to go back to Brisbane airport and personally walk it through customs, quarantine, etc, each of which required a separate fee.

 

[v8Statesman]

A couple of years back I used one of those 'Send unaccompanied bags' places at Victoria Station in London to return a 30kg+ suitcase back to Brisbane (had an intervening week coming up in the US with lots of short flights) Cost around $500. Turned up a week or so later - the pain was having to go back to Brisbane airport and personally walk it through customs, quarantine, etc, each of which required a separate fee.

Insure it, label it, Pray (If that's your thing, if not take it up ) and allow it to make its own way home FOC as missing luggage.

 

[simongr]

I remember when my lugggage vacationed in BGI - no-one there knew how to get it to me as they were not allowed to send it unaccompanied through the US. They suggested I pick it up the next time I was passing through...

Eventually it made it to me though...

 

[JG1]

Hi Dot, Interested to know how you decided to get your luggage home?

My obvious recommendation would be to use Personal Porter. Let me know how you got on.

Cheers

 

[dot]

Hi Dot, Interested to know how you decided to get your luggage home?

My obvious recommendation would be to use Personal Porter. Let me know how you got on.

Cheers

I would have used the QF Unaccompanied luggage had I have been coming back from a country other than the LOTFAP - as it turns out, I did just bring it back as checked luggage - and it dutifully followed me the whole way! It came out about fifth bag out at MEL, I was most impressed.

 

[straitman]

I would have used the QF Unaccompanied luggage had I have been coming back from a country other than the LOTFAP - as it turns out, I did just bring it back as checked luggage - and it dutifully followed me the whole way! It came out about fifth bag out at MEL, I was most impressed.

You have to be lucky sometimes. Well done.