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Hello to all pinays here who travel to USA...I planned to leave last week of this month to USA and i a losing hope of sending my things in the courier here in PI most of them give me vauge answer... I need your help now guys, I was thinking na lang to bring my balikbayan box with me, the dimension of the box is 20''x20'x20 and it weight about 33 lbs . it is possible to bring it with me and have it checked in? how much do you think will be the cost for the extra baggage and its excess? hope someone tried this path and share some info...thanks in advance.

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Hello to all pinays here who travel to USA...I planned to leave last week of this month to USA and i a losing hope of sending my things in the courier here in PI most of them give me vauge answer... I need your help now guys, I was thinking na lang to bring my balikbayan box with me, the dimension of the box is 20''x20'x20 and it weight about 33 lbs . it is possible to bring it with me and have it checked in? how much do you think will be the cost for the extra baggage and its excess? hope someone tried this path and share some info...thanks in advance.

How many baggage are you going to bring? You are allowed to check in 2 and a small bag for carry on. Go to the website of the airline that you are going to use. You will find there the price for excess baggage, the dimensions, etc.. :thumbs:

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Hello to all pinays here who travel to USA...I planned to leave last week of this month to USA and i a losing hope of sending my things in the courier here in PI most of them give me vauge answer... I need your help now guys, I was thinking na lang to bring my balikbayan box with me, the dimension of the box is 20''x20'x20 and it weight about 33 lbs . it is possible to bring it with me and have it checked in? how much do you think will be the cost for the extra baggage and its excess? hope someone tried this path and share some info...thanks in advance.

How many baggage are you going to bring? You are allowed to check in 2 and a small bag for carry on. Go to the website of the airline that you are going to use. You will find there the price for excess baggage, the dimensions, etc.. :thumbs:

I plan to bring 2 balikbayan box for checked in and 1 small bag for my carry on. I was wondering if it is ok to bring balikbayan boxes instead of bag. :unsure::unsure: .

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Hello to all pinays here who travel to USA...I planned to leave last week of this month to USA and i a losing hope of sending my things in the courier here in PI most of them give me vauge answer... I need your help now guys, I was thinking na lang to bring my balikbayan box with me, the dimension of the box is 20''x20'x20 and it weight about 33 lbs . it is possible to bring it with me and have it checked in? how much do you think will be the cost for the extra baggage and its excess? hope someone tried this path and share some info...thanks in advance.

How many baggage are you going to bring? You are allowed to check in 2 and a small bag for carry on. Go to the website of the airline that you are going to use. You will find there the price for excess baggage, the dimensions, etc.. :thumbs:

I plan to bring 2 balikbayan box for checked in and 1 small bag for my carry on. I was wondering if it is ok to bring balikbayan boxes instead of bag. :unsure::unsure: .

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Hello to all pinays here who travel to USA...I planned to leave last week of this month to USA and i a losing hope of sending my things in the courier here in PI most of them give me vauge answer... I need your help now guys, I was thinking na lang to bring my balikbayan box with me, the dimension of the box is 20''x20'x20 and it weight about 33 lbs . it is possible to bring it with me and have it checked in? how much do you think will be the cost for the extra baggage and its excess? hope someone tried this path and share some info...thanks in advance.

How many baggage are you going to bring? You are allowed to check in 2 and a small bag for carry on. Go to the website of the airline that you are going to use. You will find there the price for excess baggage, the dimensions, etc.. :thumbs:

I plan to bring 2 balikbayan box for checked in and 1 small bag for my carry on. I was wondering if it is ok to bring balikbayan boxes instead of bag. :unsure::unsure: .

bkit mag box ka mag luggage kna lng ganun din nman ung babayaran mo kung mag excess ka

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Hello to all pinays here who travel to USA...I planned to leave last week of this month to USA and i a losing hope of sending my things in the courier here in PI most of them give me vauge answer... I need your help now guys, I was thinking na lang to bring my balikbayan box with me, the dimension of the box is 20''x20'x20 and it weight about 33 lbs . it is possible to bring it with me and have it checked in? how much do you think will be the cost for the extra baggage and its excess? hope someone tried this path and share some info...thanks in advance.

i just returned from the phils 2 days ago. on asiana airlines u r allowed to bring to boxes not exceeding 50 pounds each. and a carry on bag i believe it was no moe than 20 pounds. remember no meats, vegies, fruits, seeds and u should be good. u.s. customs did open and go through my box in my presence so be ready and aware of everything in your boxes. i hope this helps.

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Hello to all pinays here who travel to USA...I planned to leave last week of this month to USA and i a losing hope of sending my things in the courier here in PI most of them give me vauge answer... I need your help now guys, I was thinking na lang to bring my balikbayan box with me, the dimension of the box is 20''x20'x20 and it weight about 33 lbs . it is possible to bring it with me and have it checked in? how much do you think will be the cost for the extra baggage and its excess? hope someone tried this path and share some info...thanks in advance.

i just returned from the phils 2 days ago. on asiana airlines u r allowed to bring to boxes not exceeding 50 pounds each. and a carry on bag i believe it was no moe than 20 pounds. remember no meats, vegies, fruits, seeds and u should be good. u.s. customs did open and go through my box in my presence so be ready and aware of everything in your boxes. i hope this helps.

thanks a lot :D

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Hello to all pinays here who travel to USA...I planned to leave last week of this month to USA and i a losing hope of sending my things in the courier here in PI most of them give me vauge answer... I need your help now guys, I was thinking na lang to bring my balikbayan box with me, the dimension of the box is 20''x20'x20 and it weight about 33 lbs . it is possible to bring it with me and have it checked in? how much do you think will be the cost for the extra baggage and its excess? hope someone tried this path and share some info...thanks in advance.

i just returned from the phils 2 days ago. on asiana airlines u r allowed to bring to boxes not exceeding 50 pounds each. and a carry on bag i believe it was no moe than 20 pounds. remember no meats, vegies, fruits, seeds and u should be good. u.s. customs did open and go through my box in my presence so be ready and aware of everything in your boxes. i hope this helps.

thanks a lot :D

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we also had asiana in our last trip to phil and we were allowed to bring 2 medium boxes also w/ no extra fees (except from manila to cdo coz its domestic heheh)... i think i often hear it that its ok to bring 2 boxes from phil to US and even my aunt always bring balikbayan box from canada to phil and vice versa and its allowed pertaining it wont exceed to the weight limit other wise you have to pay extra cost... good luck!!! God bless

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My wife brought a balikbayan box on her flight to the US. She also used the balikbayan box bag with the handles for the box.

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I used 1 balikbayan box and I have 1 luggage and as of my hand carry, I have 1 big purse. The size of my balikbayan box is the same as yours but I bought this balikbayan box cover from balikbayan gear.

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I think I paid Php700 for that cover pero it is sulit naman kasi i don't need to put packaging tape around the box to protect it saka incase na may question sayo ang custom kung ano laman ng box mo eh you can easily open it. It is hassle free as you can just unzip the cover and open the box unlike if you are just using the box eh you need to put packaging tape again after the custom's inspection but i hope na syempre na wala kang maencounter na custom prob :star:

There is a cover that has 4 wheels at the bottom so you can easily just pull your box and that is more convenient. It cost Php1500 so it is double the price. But what I did to save is that I bought that Php700 cover and my dad just bought 4 wheels in the hardware and he installed it at the bottom part :D I think I paid Php100 for those 4 wheels. O di ba nakasave? :P I saw kasi kung ano yung itsura ng wheels so I know what kind of wheels to buy. Yung wheels nya eh yung prang sa cabinet or drawer na wheels. Maybe you'll think na it is kinda pricey pero the quality of it is sturdy naman at talgang pangmahabang byahe at pwede po pa naman cya gamitin ng maraming beses and I find it very convenient in traveling.

Oh btw, here is their website. I bought mine in SM. Their product was also featured on tv.

Anyways, i think i should stop na as I look like one of their endorser na :lol: I am just one of their satisfied customer lang po :P:D

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I used 1 balikbayan box and I have 1 luggage and as of my hand carry, I have 1 big purse. The size of my balikbayan box is the same as yours but I bought this balikbayan box cover from balikbayan gear.

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I think I paid Php700 for that cover pero it is sulit naman kasi i don't need to put packaging tape around the box to protect it saka incase na may question sayo ang custom kung ano laman ng box mo eh you can easily open it. It is hassle free as you can just unzip the cover and open the box unlike if you are just using the box eh you need to put packaging tape again after the custom's inspection but i hope na syempre na wala kang maencounter na custom prob :star:

There is a cover that has 4 wheels at the bottom so you can easily just pull your box and that is more convenient. It cost Php1500 so it is double the price. But what I did to save is that I bought that Php700 cover and my dad just bought 4 wheels in the hardware and he installed it at the bottom part :D I think I paid Php100 for those 4 wheels. O di ba nakasave? :P I saw kasi kung ano yung itsura ng wheels so I know what kind of wheels to buy. Yung wheels nya eh yung prang sa cabinet or drawer na wheels. Maybe you'll think na it is kinda pricey pero the quality of it is sturdy naman at talgang pangmahabang byahe at pwede po pa naman cya gamitin ng maraming beses and I find it very convenient in traveling.

Oh btw, here is their website. I bought mine in SM. Their product was also featured on tv.

Anyways, i think i should stop na as I look like one of their endorser na :lol: I am just one of their satisfied customer lang po :P:D

WOW this is great info..thank you so much... (F):D:D

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Hello to all pinays here who travel to USA...I planned to leave last week of this month to USA and i a losing hope of sending my things in the courier here in PI most of them give me vauge answer... I need your help now guys, I was thinking na lang to bring my balikbayan box with me, the dimension of the box is 20''x20'x20 and it weight about 33 lbs . it is possible to bring it with me and have it checked in? how much do you think will be the cost for the extra baggage and its excess? hope someone tried this path and share some info...thanks in advance.

Good luck and Have a safe trip kabayan! :thumbs:

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Hello to all pinays here who travel to USA...I planned to leave last week of this month to USA and i a losing hope of sending my things in the courier here in PI most of them give me vauge answer... I need your help now guys, I was thinking na lang to bring my balikbayan box with me, the dimension of the box is 20''x20'x20 and it weight about 33 lbs . it is possible to bring it with me and have it checked in? how much do you think will be the cost for the extra baggage and its excess? hope someone tried this path and share some info...thanks in advance.

What's the airlines?

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Hello to all pinays here who travel to USA...I planned to leave last week of this month to USA and i a losing hope of sending my things in the courier here in PI most of them give me vauge answer... I need your help now guys, I was thinking na lang to bring my balikbayan box with me, the dimension of the box is 20''x20'x20 and it weight about 33 lbs . it is possible to bring it with me and have it checked in? how much do you think will be the cost for the extra baggage and its excess? hope someone tried this path and share some info...thanks in advance.

Good luck and Have a safe trip kabayan! :thumbs:

thank you :D

Hello to all pinays here who travel to USA...I planned to leave last week of this month to USA and i a losing hope of sending my things in the courier here in PI most of them give me vauge answer... I need your help now guys, I was thinking na lang to bring my balikbayan box with me, the dimension of the box is 20''x20'x20 and it weight about 33 lbs . it is possible to bring it with me and have it checked in? how much do you think will be the cost for the extra baggage and its excess? hope someone tried this path and share some info...thanks in advance.

What's the airlines?

right now the possible airlines that i will be at either american airlines or continental. :)

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Hello to all pinays here who travel to USA...I planned to leave last week of this month to USA and i a losing hope of sending my things in the courier here in PI most of them give me vauge answer... I need your help now guys, I was thinking na lang to bring my balikbayan box with me, the dimension of the box is 20''x20'x20 and it weight about 33 lbs . it is possible to bring it with me and have it checked in? how much do you think will be the cost for the extra baggage and its excess? hope someone tried this path and share some info...thanks in advance.

i just returned from the phils 2 days ago. on asiana airlines u r allowed to bring to boxes not exceeding 50 pounds each. and a carry on bag i believe it was no moe than 20 pounds. remember no meats, vegies, fruits, seeds and u should be good. u.s. customs did open and go through my box in my presence so be ready and aware of everything in your boxes. i hope this helps.

my husband brought longganisa and tuyo back to US the last time.. and i want to bring Pampanga's Best tocino also when i leave.. do they really open ur boxes?

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