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Originally Posted by justme
PHX, I'm curious how much it cost's you to insure your FedExed items for $500 and if they cover jewelery or high cost electronics with that (standard) insurance. Delta's standard baggage liability (domestic) is $3,300, and for $40 you can increase that to $4,000, or for $50 you can make it $5,000. Not sure if you've ever seen the tag or not, but it's a BIG white sticker with the letters CAGPT on it. (Stands for "Check and Give Protection To") Usually it's used quite a bit during the hunting seasons on expensive guns/bows.
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I may live in Arizona but unlike so many (too many, if you ask me) I don't own a gun so I wouldn't know all the in's and out's of traveling with expensive weapons to shoot at something I can buy neatly wrapped in butcher paper at my local meat market.
I believe (without bothering to check the website) that FedEx charges $ 0.65 per $100 so to insure a $500 item would cost a whopping $3.25. So in your example Delta charges $40 for an additional $700 worth of coverage while FedEx would cost under $5. Gee, who has the better deal? And correct me if I'm wrong but most airlines don't insure things of value such as electronics, jewelery, art, etc. And if the TSA gets their sticky fingers into my bags I don't want to wait for my settlement while Delta or any other airline plays the "blame game."
Thanks, but I'll stick with FedEx. They've never let me down.