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Can i use my panniers as checked in luggage on an aircraft?
I've completed 3 of a 5 stage round the world trip. My home made aluminium panniers need repair so i thought I'd get them home by using them as 2 pieces of checked in luggage plus it'll save me buying a suitcase for all my stuff. They're not oversize but they do look like really ugly metal boxes.

Should there be any problem getting them onto an aircraft if within the allowable weight.

Any advice appreciated

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Hi Declan

I travel a lot with work and often have our Aircraft engineers travelling with their metal tool boxes which go in the normal luggage in the aircraft. It should be fine as long as they are within the weight limit. If not they will charge you an additional fee for the extra weight.

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I have taken mine without a problem, I strapped them together and had them wrapped in clingfilm at the airport.
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Thanks to both of you. That gives me reassurance
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I'm not sure I would trust the box latches and whatever hardware protrudes from the cases through the luggage handling process at the airport.

If it were me, I'd just stick them in cardboard boxes and then take them as luggage. I see boxes all the time on the luggage carousels.



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I'm not sure I would trust the box latches and whatever hardware protrudes from the cases through the luggage handling process at the airport.

If it were me, I'd just stick them in cardboard boxes and then take them as luggage. I see boxes all the time on the luggage carousels.



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Some airline companies prohibit the use of cardbox as luggage.

Jet Blue for example
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