I travel by commercial air a decent amount with work and also travel for skiing. I've been through more luggage over the years than I care to think of. I've tried what I'd consider normal soft sided luggage as well as hard shell cases. I have been thinking of switching to a large roller duffle. Any experience on how they stand up to the airlines? Suggestions on durable brands?
I slightly overpack and also fly a lot.
UA destroyed one large hard sided bag -I got a free replacement
Next US destroyed the replacement - a free replacement of the replacement.
UA then destroyed the replacement for the replacement- whew Another one.
(It's still alive and kicking after 10 years) no clothes or small animals were hurt or lost in all this LOL
The best one was when I by mistake took a soft sided bag on a work trip and Eastern Airlines (remember them !)
sent It to New York instead of Wash National. I waited 2 hours and the bag arrived but smelled funny. I opened it at the airport
to check status of the 3 fifth's of hard liquor ( About $4 each at a navy PX in the Bahamas) that went thru customs for free
because the customs guy was having a good day
. The bottle of 150 proof rum had cracked open -clothes were soaked.
I think If a match were lit this would have exploded
Amazingly the clothes washed out perfectly ! Didn't bother to report as I only lost $4 and if an inspection were
done the flaming inferno chance would be very high !:eyeroll: