Luggage Forward, a delivery company in Boston, allows customers to insure luggage and sports equipment for up to $10,000 per bag, while most major airlines like Northwest Airlines Corp. and UAL Corp.'s United Airlines insure baggage for only up to $3,000 per customer -- a major perk for passengers with expensive equipment headed for the golf courses and ski slopes.
Contributing to the luggage woes, no doubt, were the airlines' horrible on-time performance in August... So, during this age of the ongoing baggage mess, what can passengers do? Ship your bag via...firms like luggageforward.com.
Luggage Forward (luggageforward.com), a Boston-based baggage and sports equipment delivery service, charges $187 for a "small" bag; $250 for a "medium" bag and $355 for a "large" bag for door-to-door shipment between Europe and the United States.
For those who don’t mind paying for convenience, companies with names like Luggage Forward...will pick up and deliver bags, bypassing the airline baggage system altogether.
he experience sold Hindenburg on a service called Luggage Forward, which picks up your bags and delivers them. The service can also pick up bags at your travel destination and return them.
Luggage Forward said its quickest service to London from New York would take two to four business days, while service in the other direction would take three to five business days...
Luggage Forward introduced a deeply discounted rate last summer that guarantees delivery in the continental United States in five days. This discounted rate is usually less than half the rate for guaranteed overnight luggage delivery.
For the few travelers who prefer to pay to be unencumbered...Luggage Forward offers a refund and up to $500 if your domestic shipment doesn't arrive on the right day.