Originally Posted by
ColonelJLloyd
No, that cannot be true. I use them all the time. I am the one who chooses the ship date and delivers the package to FedEx or, for $5, FedEx picks up the package. Bikeflights provides the label. 95% of the time I am shipping the same day I request the label. My initial point was that, anecdotally, Bikeflights pays insurance claims without much fuss, which doesn't seem to be true for working with FedEx directly.
I don't know what "add-on" fees you are talking about. Again, I've used Bikeflights 50+ times and the only additional charge is $5 to residential addresses. Same as FedEx directly.
It has been my experience that Bikeflights is cheaper than my personal FedEx account. Comparing rates for me to ship from home to Las Vegas, they were $25 cheaper than rates calculated on my FedEx account. Guess it is volume.