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Costco Members Receive an Additional $30 OFF Select Roundtrip Carry-on Expandable Spinners and Medium Check-in Expandable Spinners with Travelpro through Costco Next.
Valid 4/22 - 5/5. While supplies last. Available in White, Grey and Black.
If you have an AMEX card, check your offers for a $30 Statement Credit by using your enrolled eligible card to make a purchase of $150 or more online at Travelpro.com by 5/31/2024. Limit 1 statement credit per card member.
For comparison, the same set is currently on sale for $329.99 on TravelPro's website
https://travelpro.com/collections...9055202402
https://costconext.com/brand/travelpro/
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you are not buying from Costco but the brand directly with a special discount, so the normal Costco return policy does not apply and you would not be getting the 2% benefit through the executive membership or citi card .
If you primarily travel internationally, this will most likely be too big for most airlines.
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Luggage companies, as good as some are, still require you to personally bring damaged luggage to a limited number of repair facilities across the country, or have it shipped at your own expense to them to asses whether the damage is "covered" before they possibly replace or repair and ship it back to you.
If you live far from a repair center, it's expensive to ship such a large item to them to do that assessment, and even then, they might reject your claim and have you pay for them to ship it back to you unrepaired.
TravelPro's warranty for the Roundtrip product line DOES include ONE YEAR of "worry-free" damage claims (which they pay for shipping of the suitcase to/from their repair centers, and covers damages caused by mishandling of an airline) BUT ONLY if you register for their extended warranty within 120 days of purchase. Again, this extended warranty is ONLY valid for ONE YEAR. After that, airline-caused damages are NOT covered, AND you have to get the suitcase to them at your own expense to assess for warranty applicability/deniability for repairs at their discretion.
Since this deal is through TravelPro and not sold directly by Costco (as some previous members mentioned already), Costco's near-unlimited return policy does NOT apply to this deal, so you have to deal everything through TravelPro.
I personally would rather buy a suitcase through Costco direct, so that if/when it does break, I can take it back to ANY Costco and get it exchanged or refunded, virtually with no time limitation since it's considered a durable good.
Even if you don't buy from Costco, you can buy second-rate suitcases at discount retail stores like Ross for the same price it would be to ship a TravelPro suitcase to and from their repair centers. For the price of a TravelPro, you could buy 2 - 3 sets from Ross.
I've been bitten before by these so-called "lifetime warranties" from luggage companies, and they are far more hollow than they would have you believe, chocked full of asterisks and fine print limitations.
This. If you want to know what luggage to buy, check what the people that travel for a living own and use.
I have various luggage brands but needed a workhorse "week" bag for business travel - the last thing you want to battle in an airport is luggage that doesn't move, or breaks. That's when I researched and invested in a Travelpro. It's expensive, yes, but for good reason. You can get cheap luggage that looks nice but breaks on you, or you can spend more $$ and get something that will last. That midsize roller I got from amazon was near $200 IIRC at the time, but is still going strong years later. It's a bit scuffed but that's from baggage handling when I can't carry on.
I can't speak for their hardsided line (I'm not a real believer in hardsided luggage myself), but with the Costco warranty (which is basically forever), this deal is a no brainer if you want to try it out.
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People don't factor in the cost of wheels which are usually the first failure.
I haven't tried seeing if it fit while expanded. Both bags can expand an extra 2 inches, I usually just gate check it instead of trying to squeeze it in the overhead compartment.
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There are different levels of quality, you have to research what you want.
Spinner wheels are great, VERY smooth, no breakage issues.