You'd have to pry my LV purchase from my hands, United! Seriously, do as others suggest and pack to empty box in checked luggage and keep the NF on your person. Congrats!
Airplane travel with new neverfull
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I ended up unboxing the bag and put it in the dustcover in my carry on. My husband filled the box with souvenirs and packed it in our check in luggage. Everything arrived home in good condition.
My bag made it home in perfect condition
I carried on the bag in it's dust cover. My husband used the box for souvenirs and packed it in a suitcase for check in.
Lovely bag, I'm glad it worked out! For future reference, if I want to keep the box (especially in the past when the boxes could not be flattened), I empty my suitcase and put the box in, then I fill the box with my clothes and put the rest of my clothes around the outside of the box. This way, all of your clothes still fit in the suitcase and they also serve to protect the box by padding it from all sides.
In case anyone reads this thread for future reference - I just traveled from Denmark to the US yesterday with a Neverfull GM. I kept it in the box (folded up the bag it came in) and went through security just fine. No problem fitting in the overhead compartment either. The airline flight attendant (SAS airlines) was really kind and just curious what I had bought! However, I was stopped by the JFK border control (after declaring it in customs) and they reviewed my receipt, asked questions, etc because it did really stick out due to the size. Luckily my purchase was under the $1600 threshold (for married couple) so I didn't have to pay any additional taxes.
I did not unfortunately ! I was only in Denmark for a short layover so I didn't have much time to shop. We were in Croatia for our trip where there are no luxury stores. But the prices in Denmark were great in comparison...
