Picking up live crawfish

[garrettgc]

I am having live crawfish flown into Nashville this weekend and wanted to know how they are handled and where would I pick them up. Are they considered checked luggage and are they distributed at the baggage carousel like any other pieces of luggage? Thank you. 

[TheMiddleSeat]

Are they being transported as cargo or baggage?  I think you would need to get that cleared up with the shipper.  My guess is cargo which is handled at another location, not baggage claim.  Your shipper should have details provided to them from Southwest.

--TheMiddleSeat

[dfwskier · Accepted solution]

 If cargo

https://www.swacargo.com/swacargo_com_ui/ship/facilities/facility?airportCode=BNA

[garrettgc]

Great. Thanks for the link. I appreciate it. 

[dfwskier]

rule of thumb --

if it is travelling with a person, it is likely baggage or carry on

if it is not travelling with a person, it is likely cargo

[garrettgc]

This is helpful. I wasn't aware that there were 2 classifications for cargo/baggage. I will ask my shipper which one then figure out where to retrieve flight cargo. Thank you. 

[bec102896]

Be sure you share some with your flight crew and fellow passengers 😜

[DancingDavidE]

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@bec102896 wrote:

Be sure you share some with your flight crew and fellow passengers 😜

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If the package breaks open in the overhead then they will share themselves with everyone onboard 🤣

[DancingDavidE]

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@garrettgc wrote:

I am having live crawfish flown into Nashville this weekend and wanted to know how they are handled and where would I pick them up. Are they considered checked luggage and are they distributed at the baggage carousel like any other pieces of luggage? Thank you. 

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Is someone hand delivering them? That would be the scenario where they could end up on the carousel. 

[DancingDavidE]

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@DancingDavidE wrote:

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@garrettgc wrote:

I am having live crawfish flown into Nashville this weekend and wanted to know how they are handled and where would I pick them up. Are they considered checked luggage and are they distributed at the baggage carousel like any other pieces of luggage? Thank you. 

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Is someone hand delivering them? That would be the scenario where they could end up on the carousel. 

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In which case I personally would want to have carried it on in that scenario and not checked them, so carousel is still unlikely even with a hand delivery.