Yung balikbayan box ba passes the maximum allowable size of regular check-in luggage or considered oversized na by airline companies?
One possible issue is the weight limit (50lbs) per check-in luggage. The gross weight of the 828 is nearly 40lbs yata (with its own box). Remaining 10+ lbs. is pretty tight kaya kapag binalot mo pa ng damit or towels, ubos agad yon. Bags of potato chips with loose styro should be better. Anyway, reasonable to assume na isang buong maleta equivalent - that means sayang isang luggage for bubongs and other stuff except kung wala talagang check-in luggage in the first place. Eto naging dilemma ko with my 809. Kung papadala sa US for free repair sana, its gross is nearly 48lbs (net around 40lbs) kaya impossibleng ilagay pa sa maleta or a bigger box without exceeding 50 lbs. for a regular check-in luggage. So libre man ang repair costs, ang gastos and hassle naman sa shipping to and from the US. Buti nalang na-repair sa Toyama so much cheaper than I expected.