Can checked baggage on airplanes ever get wet?
I'm considering sending some pieces of checked baggage being cardboard boxes rather than suitcases (on an international flight). Is there a real chance my boxes might get wet? Assume heavy rain both at the origin and the destination.
Bonus: Same question, but I've wrapped my boxes with plastic wrap.
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Absolutely. Just on Monday there I arrived at London Gatwick in heavy rain. Took them 50 mins to offload plane and load bag onto carousel (strangely mine was the first on the carousel). Bag was soaked through, top compartment (containing best suit I was due to wear to job interview), was soaked through (was in suit carrier, inside bag zipped compartment).
As well as rain, from what I've seen at Gatwick, cardboard boxes wouldn't survive the loading/off loading, even if it's dry.
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Last month we boarded the plane at YYZ, and while they were loading the last bags, the ramp was closed because of a thunderstorm. One bag, just outside my window, stood in the conveyor belt under one full hour of torrential rain.
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