Shipping to Buenos Aires ?

[Olivero]

Dull question, sorry.

Any good suggestions as to who to use to ship a couple of large cases from London to Buenos Aires?
Not crazy heavy but over my weight limit flying with BA.
I had had a trawl through Google but keep coming up with silly prices.
Over to PH and cunning ideas.

[pies1981]

Can you not find a couple of "mules"?

[Olivero]

pies1981 said:

Can you not find a couple of "mules"?

That would kind of be a case of 'Coals to Newcastle'

[alfaman]

if you are flying - you can get excess freight pre-shipped via cargo at much lower rates than excess baggage : you will need to take to the airport separately prior to your departure, ask your airline what the cost £ / kilo is.

the other option is conventional seafreight - for example I needed to ship about 20kg from Africa to the UK : DHL quote was around $250+ , local post office was $30 - it arrived safely in 2 weeks via sea.

[Olivero]

alfaman said:

if you are flying - you can get excess freight pre-shipped via cargo at much lower rates than excess baggage : you will need to take to the airport separately prior to your departure, ask your airline what the cost £ / kilo is.

the other option is conventional seafreight - for example I needed to ship about 20kg from Africa to the UK : DHL quote was around $250+ , local post office was $30 - it arrived safely in 2 weeks via sea.

Thank you so much, that will be perfect.

[XJSJohn]

Olivero said:

alfaman said:

if you are flying - you can get excess freight pre-shipped via cargo at much lower rates than excess baggage : you will need to take to the airport separately prior to your departure, ask your airline what the cost £ / kilo is.

the other option is conventional seafreight - for example I needed to ship about 20kg from Africa to the UK : DHL quote was around $250+ , local post office was $30 - it arrived safely in 2 weeks via sea.

Thank you so much, that will be perfect.

UK to BA will probably take more like 5 to 6 weeks.

[Olivero]

Just a quick update for those who are thinking of doing the same. Flew with TAM Airlines in the end (lots cheaper) and just told then I was "media" and the things I had packed were fragile. I was hugely overweight and oversized but for some reason I (can only put down to much flirting) wasn't charged excess. Flew via Sao Paulo with no problems and everything got there in one piece. Result, just too hot here at the moment...