10/31   Dear MOTD, I'm moving to Chile for a year next year and am flying
        via SF->NYC.  Does anyone here know of a way to inexpensively ship
        1-2 large suitcases worth of stuff to South America from either city?
        I couldn't get a business upgrade from NYC to Santiago (yes, I know
        it's a big detour.)  -John
        \_ May I ask why you're moving to Chile?
        \_ The Spanish term for it is "la mordidad."  -tom
           \_ Thanks, but I don't think yermom's crabs will help me ship
              my stuff.  -John
        \_ Where in Chile?
        \_ Why not something like DHL?
        \_ When I was there I knew someone who used DHL.  Of course his mom was
           a VP of the company...  By the way I live there for 2 years in
           Santiago (though that was 10 years ago). -emarkp
        \_ Weight?
           \_ Very very roughly maybe around 30-50kg total (tbh I don't really
              know.)  I just figured that DHL/UPS/whatever would be
              exorbitant pricewise.  -John
              \_ Call them first. Most of them have airport-to-airport
                 international economy freight. If they are too much
                 then get back to us with the price we should beat.
        \_ Try bax global.  You have to fill out the paperwork yourself, but
           I saved a lot of money shipping a heavy monitor to Amsterdam.  Using
           UPS would have made it not worth it.  Took a long time though,
           ship freight.  But very cheap.
           \_ Tried them, they refuse to ship anything "personal", no matter
              how I phrase it.  -John
              \_ "Hello?  DHL?  Yeah, I need to ship 50kg of cash to South
                  America.  .... Yes, it is a business item, nothing personal.
                  ....  Ok, yeah, I'll take the shipping insurance."