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?

The business to business thing is an area of concern, as are some of the other stipulations on the contract. I've seen others post that they go on the assumption that home based businesses ( small time keepers/breeders) are ok. I really don't think that FedEx pays much attention to where you ship. I think for now most of us are happy to have a company that at least gives us some sort of legitimate way to ship. Maybe in the future a concerted effort by all certified shippers to address some of our concerns could be helpful. Then again, maybe it's better not to rock the boat.

Todd

One says "package testing" and the other says "Package Design" do i check off both?

I just did this myself Alicia and I checked testing only. However the results appear that they do check both design and test the package. They take pictures of your box, inside and out and drop it from some level. My point is I checked only one and it didn't make any diffierence. I got my waiver.

Forgot to mention I'm in Florida and my rep is in Texas. Not sure what all areas he covers or how their territories are defined.

Todd

I posted this in another thread, but my waiver doesn't say anything about only shipping to a business so they may have dropped that stipulation. I only checked package testing on my form. Not sure about them picking up your test package, i dropped mine off at a manned fed-ex location and filled out a label there instead of printing one.

I spoke to the lady at fedex for the box testing, and she said that i just have to check off ( when i ship ) that the recipient pays, and they can pick it up as well. ( SWEET! )

So tomorrow ( or tonight ) ill get the shipping stuff all printed out and get the box ready to be picked up one of these days, this week. Rock on! Im well on my way! Oh and i can have it shipped 2 day to them free so thats cool beans! Strange that your rep is in texas when you are in FL. But i suppose when we talk to reps, they are of the higher ups and there are not that many of them around. Mine was very friendly though.