mr roboto said:
Strange question...
Can you fly in a commercial plane and check a bag that contains a metal urn with cremated remains inside said urn? I have my grandfathers remains and we would like to scatter him in the Sierra Mountains outside of June Lake where both my dad and grandmothers ashes were scattered. I want to drive the urn out there and back. My wife thinks it would be better to fly, taking 2 days off the travel and giving us more time there. We live in Chicago.
True story.
When my grandma passed she was living in Little Rock. She grew up in the suburbs of Chicago and all the family plots are up here. My dad and all his brothers and sisters wanted to have the funeral service up here but did not want to go through the hassle of having her body shipped in a coffin, or have someone drive her back up here. They decided to cremate her in Little Rock and then FedEx'd the ashes in the urn to our house. I am not sure what they put down as the contents of the package or what kind of insurance they took out on it. Would have sucked if they lost my grandma.
So, FedEx the ashes to the hotel you are going to stay at. Save them for the best GMTAN secret santa ever