Do you trust airlines with your camera gear as luggage?
Mar 26, 2017 09:19:16 #
I'm taking a course on iPhone 7plus photigraphy just in case I ever decide to go to those countries in the ME where the ban is being enforced. And just in case it gets extended to other countries. The 2 lenses in the 7 plus are pretty impressive for a smart phone.
Mar 26, 2017 09:21:00 #
Tom47
Loc: Gettysburg, PA
No way would I trust an airline or cruse company with checked equipment. Carry on baggage and ware a a photographic jacket with gear in it is considered clothing and not baggage.
Mar 26, 2017 09:22:59 #
No. I had an electric razor in a small leather case, which could be mistaken for a small P&S camera,
missing from my checked baggage when I got home.
missing from my checked baggage when I got home.
Mar 26, 2017 09:30:59 #
marine73 wrote:
I don't trust the airlines with anything of value ... (show quote)
Good idea. I actually did that for an overseas flight. I packed light, camera-wise, and was able to carry-on my equipment. It's always best to know the rules ahead of time. I did a lot of research before my trip.
Someday, I'd like to go on a photographic trip and take the DSLR & good lenses. I have a backpack or a Pelican case to choose from if that trip ever comes to fruition! Pelican case if I'm forced to check it...backpack if I can get everything in it I "need"; then carry on board!
Mar 26, 2017 09:40:18 #
Obviously you will have options - the key is to get information ahead of time. If you have no options, consider either shipping your camera gear home via FedEx, or fly to Germany or Amsterdam, spend a night, and fly home from there. If nothing else, make sure you have damned good insurance, and document you gear being in your luggage - with cell phone photos, etc.
Mar 26, 2017 09:41:02 #
Mar 26, 2017 09:45:49 #
Mar 26, 2017 09:45:54 #
I always carry my equipment in a backpack and store above or under my seat. I do put my laptop and monopod in a suitcase and store in baggage area. I've never had a problem,
but I do not fly frequently.
Mark
but I do not fly frequently.
Mark
capetownrio wrote:
Hi, I know that not all flights require checking your camera gear as luggage. But with flights now coming in to the USA from some Afircan/ ME countries - which I go to for shoots, I worry about my gear. I also worry that this is going to expand with all the crazy things happening in the world? What do you think?
Mar 26, 2017 09:54:49 #
No chance. Fedex it with insurance if you must. I used to own a wonderful Olympus OM-10. Someone surrounding a TWA Brussels to NY flight now owns it, or pawned it.
Mar 26, 2017 10:02:12 #
Jamers
Loc: Michigan
jerryc41 wrote:
I don't trust airlines with anything, including getting me to my destination safely. I think my flying days are over.
Mar 26, 2017 10:05:07 #
Mar 26, 2017 10:08:17 #
While on a long road trip, I sent back some items to my home via UPS. I can recommend this technique for lightening a load when out there. You may wish to review shipping services and rates before departing.
Muskrat wrote:
No chance. Fedex it with insurance if you must. I used to own a wonderful Olympus OM-10. Someone surrounding a TWA Brussels to NY flight now owns it, or pawned it.
Mar 26, 2017 10:10:00 #
capetownrio wrote:
Hi, I know that not all flights require checking your camera gear as luggage. But with flights now coming in to the USA from some Afircan/ ME countries - which I go to for shoots, I worry about my gear. I also worry that this is going to expand with all the crazy things happening in the world? What do you think?
I flew for the airlines. I saw first hand what the airlines are capable of doing. A story on the news last night reported an airline in this country sent 2 passengers to a city in New York when these 2 senior citizens were ticketed for Grand Rapids, MI. Allegiant Airlines was unable to get passengers where they were supposed to go so you have to think the same airline would be incapable to get anything where they said it would be going. When I go on vacation I am serious about my transportation and that does not include airlines. I have never lost any of my own luggage.
Mar 26, 2017 10:20:17 #
Remember that in this case the ban on carry-on electronics only applies to direct flights to the US from a number of airports. Another solution is to book your flights so that you come to the US from somewhere else. Not as convenient as a direct flight, but it is an option. Oh, and don't book a direct flight to the UK from one of those airports, either. The British have made a similar ban.
That said, no, I don't check high value items, either. I've had stuff stolen from checked bags, too. And a couple of years ago my suitcase never made it to us in Europe. It was a 2 week trip and I had no clean clothes or toiletries, other than what LH gave us or we bought. Seems UA never loaded the suitcase on the originating flight out of SEA. I got it back after we got home. Did make unpacking easy, everything was clean and folded. :-)
That said, no, I don't check high value items, either. I've had stuff stolen from checked bags, too. And a couple of years ago my suitcase never made it to us in Europe. It was a 2 week trip and I had no clean clothes or toiletries, other than what LH gave us or we bought. Seems UA never loaded the suitcase on the originating flight out of SEA. I got it back after we got home. Did make unpacking easy, everything was clean and folded. :-)
Mar 26, 2017 10:26:40 #
Never trust checked baggage....have lost many things...(not lost but stolen ) because my bags showed up with items missing..... I tired to avoid checking anything.....
too bad the airlines reps won't read these answers.... they should know (maybe they do) how people feel about checking luggage...
too bad the airlines reps won't read these answers.... they should know (maybe they do) how people feel about checking luggage...
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