Steps To Become Fedex Certified!!!

I know this is a FEDEX post but I didn't know where else to find this information. Does anyone know the steps to get certified by the airlines? Has anyone used Continental before? I live in their hub (Houston) so if they allow reptile shipments and are reliable, they would be the ideal choice for my air freight option.
Thanks

Never mind. I just called their animal line which is 1-800-575-3335 and they readily accept snakes and have so for some time. Under 10 pounds is $119 and they offer insurance up to $1,200. They will ship up to 50 pounds but it's more. I didn't check how much since it won't apply to me. Hope this helps anyone down in South Texas (their hub is Houston).

Okay, so ive gotten the Form to have my package tested, all filled out. ive set up my account and have an account number ( took me about three hours of nonstop calling and figuring out why my Debit/ATM/Visa card was not being accepted. And finally got someone to do it right.

So, i have a box that i can use for shipping. I'll fill it with everything i need to as if i were really shipping something.

I will also be getting the number for my local representative and making sure everything will go well.

Ill let you know how it turns out

Originally Posted by Mooing Tricycle

Okay, so ive gotten the Form to have my package tested, all filled out. ive set up my account and have an account number ( took me about three hours of nonstop calling and figuring out why my Debit/ATM/Visa card was not being accepted. And finally got someone to do it right.

So, i have a box that i can use for shipping. I'll fill it with everything i need to as if i were really shipping something.

I will also be getting the number for my local representative and making sure everything will go well.

Ill let you know how it turns out

Alicia, one thing my rep didn't tell me but I found out when I called the package test center is that you can send the test box 2 day express and mark "bill recipient" so that you don't have to pay to ship the test package.

Originally Posted by Gecko_Den

Alicia, one thing my rep didn't tell me but I found out when I called the package test center is that you can send the test box 2 day express and mark "bill recipient" so that you don't have to pay to ship the test package.

Awesome. Do you just mark that on the shipping label you print? ( can i have them pick it up for free too!? LOL)

Also, whats the business to business only shipping thing? I saw it mentioned in the thread here, and that they dont really look, so should i just ignore that, and ship like i normally would? or ask for a persons place of work when i ship?

my Rep was pretty cool and is relatively new to the whole thing. He said he had a few other people ask him about it as well. How large are reps areas usually? Is there one rep for all of massachusetts, or just my area?

So many questions!!! lol Shipping is the EASY part!

OH one more thing, since i have the test paper filled out, at the top there is two spots to checkmark. One says "package testing" and the other says "Package Design" do i check off both?