Home From Bogota, Colombia to Miami, United States - April, 1998

From Bogota, Colombia to Miami, United States - April, 1998

Submitted by Grant Johnson
Route
Shipment From: 
Bogota, Colombia
Shipment To: 
Miami, United States
Shipper details
Contact person name: 
Mr. Alejandro Buitrago S.
Company name: 
Challenge Air Cargo Inc.
Contact details: 

Mr. Alejandro Buitrago S.
Director Sistema
Challenge Air Cargo, Inc.
Aeropuerto Eldorado
Terminal de Carga Internacional
Avenida Eldorado No. 116-87
Apartado Aereo 151171
Bogota Colombia
Phone: 413-9484 -9424, -9384, -9404, -5130
Fax: 413-9364 or 413-5110

Travellers Impressions of the shipper
Recommended?: 
Yes
Rating: 
5/5 - Excellent
Information about this Shipment
Shipping Method: 
Air
Shipping date: 
April, 1998
Cost Paid at Start (US $): 
US$ 857. Airport Tax $23.00 for 1 bike at 550 kg. in crate. LACSA flight for Grant - $440.
Blog post: 
http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/travellersFAQ.php
Comments: 

Best method to send your bike is via air. Unfortunately the US airlines are getting paranoid about shipping bikes - they class them as hazardous materials - and often refuse to carry them at all. All you can do is call all the airlines freight departments and find out if they will do it. Not the head office etc. - their automatic reaction is NO. If you find one make sure you talk to the guys in the freight department that actually handle it - what they will tell you is often very different from the official story from head office and passenger people.

You may have better luck with foreign carriers. Lufthansa is the best for shipping bikes - and SA freight companies, such as Challenge Air.


 

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