Anyone here travelled as air courier from UK? If so how do I become
one?

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    >Anyone here travelled as air courier from UK? If so how do I become
    >one?

I did in January 1989 and flew BA from Heathrow to Sydney for UKP500,
staying a month. The standard return fare for that time of the year was
then about UKP800.

I contacted several courier companies (Polo Express was one at the time,
I believe) to find who went where and had availability for the dates I
needed. After I'd registered with a few, one company phoned back a week
or so later offering me a return flight to New York, staying seven days
and nights, for UKP90, but the flight was just a few days later and I
couldn't book that much time off at short notice.

At the time, the trick was to register about four months before you need
to fly as they wouldn't have made their schedules before then. If you
were prepared to go anywhere at very short notice, however, you could
get some real cheap deals, like my New York offer.

Unfortunately, even if I still had any contact details for them, they'd
probably all have changed since then. You might be able to get details
of international courier companies operating from your local airport by
calling the airport's general information number. Alternatively, have a
look at http://www.aircourier.co.uk/

I have a feeling that the demand for courier flights means they're not
such the bargain they used to be.

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