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Excellent points; didn't cross my mind since I've had (personal) accounts with Delta and United for ages now. Probably a call to ForwardAir, Cavalier, or EGL would get you their rules of engagement too. You might want to try http://www.khcargo.com/ for non-passenger air cargo. ---Rob Andy Ellifson <[email protected]> writes: > A counter-to-counter shipment on a passenger airline is a thing of the > past (at least from my experiences going directly to the passenger > airlines). After Sept 11 the FAA has required that passenger airlines > only accept shipments from "known shippers" (unless this has changed in > the last 14 months). What does this mean? You need to setup an > account with the airline (may of them will setup the account and still > be able to bill to a credit card). You also need to become a "known > shipper" by having their courier/employee visit your location and > verify that you are a "known shipper". Once this occurs you can do > passenger airline counter-to-counter shipments at will. Setup time > takes 7-10 days from what I remember. > > If anybody has counter-to-counter on their disaster recovery plans you > may want to get setup as a "known shipper". I went through the process > with United's Cargo division http://www.unitedcargo.com. I used them > as a backup to America West Airlines as I am located in Phoenix, AZ. > > -Andy > > > --- "Robert E. Seastrom" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > "N. Richard Solis" <[email protected]> writes: > > > > > FedEx will be your best bet. Trust me. > > > > FedEx Heavy = "pay a surcharge for heavy boxes, get it moved by a 120 > > pound delivery person with a handtruck rather than a pallet jack or > > other appropriate freight handling equipment... and dropped off the > > truck". My experience is a 40% damage rate when shipping Cisco 7507 > > and 7513 routers via FedEx Heavy. Here are some pictures from back > > when I was at AboveNet: http://www.seastrom.com/fedex/ > > > > > You COULD do a counter to counter shipment via an airline cargo > > desk. > > > That MIGHT be cheaper but you will still have to transport it from > > your > > > spot to their pickup and back again on the other side. > > > > Counter-to-counter is the *last* way you would want to ship that sort > > of thing (handled as luggage on a flight, beat to hell by baggage > > handlers, and you get to retrieve it from baggage claim in an airport > > and schlep it all the way to your car). Far better (if you have > > access to trucks on both ends) is to ship it air freight. As you > > enter your favorite airport, follow the signs to Air Cargo, not the > > signs to the passenger terminal. When you find a place with a lot of > > places for 18-wheelers to back up to loading docks, and relatively > > few > > places for cars to park, you've found the right place. Matthew > > doesn't mention specific terminus points for the shipment, but based > > on whois information I'll make a wild guess that NYC is one end. JFK > > appears to be the "big" United installation (vs LGA and EWR), per > > info > > on www.unitedcargo.com - I tend to prefer them because of their long > > hours for pickup and delivery at IAD, which makes life convenient for > > me. :) > > > > If you need door-to-door service, there are numerous air freight > > forwarders who can handle palletized equipment and move it around the > > country/world in a timely fashion (and really, if you're talking > > about > > 300+ pounds of rackmount equipment, that's how you want to move it > > anyway). > > > > Two companies that I've used and been quite happy with the results > > are > > Cavalier International and Eagle Global Logistics. You may recognize > > Eagle's logo from stickers on previous shipments that you've gotten > > from major manufacturers who have stuff manufactured in the Far East. > > The Pros Know. > > > > http://www.eaglegl.com/ > > http://www.cavalier-intl.com/ > > > > ---Rob > >
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