# Shipping yourself via cargo

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shipping-yourself-via-cargo/337790>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [December 30, 2005, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shipping-yourself-via-cargo/337790 "2005-12-30T23:06:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Factotum)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shipping-yourself-via-cargo/337790/1 "2005-12-30T23:06:06Z")

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[http://www.straightdope.com/columns/051230.html](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/051230.html)

The big problem not mentioned is if the cargo is kept in either an unpressurized or unheated hold of a cargo plane. You might arrive at your destination, but be dead.

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**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shipping-yourself-via-cargo/337790/2 "2005-12-30T23:12:10Z")

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That’s true. However, there’s a travel UL that says you can often get a dirt-cheap fare in a short row of seats aboard a FedEx or UPS jet in the middle of the night. On a passenger jet, the luggage hold is unpressurized, but on a cargo jet, the cargo rides in the main cabin. Would it be pressurized?