Don't skimp on a quality bow case. No sense in getting there and finding all your arrows bent or your bow damaged because you saved $100 on a bow case. Get a double bow case so that you can pack extra gear in it (camo, binos, rangefinder... ) up to the 50 lb. weight limit (My SKB has never let me down and it gets USED!). Go to your airline's web site and check their baggage rules/restrictions so you're not surprised at the airport. I'd be leary of any "free" outfitted trip but if your satisfied with it, all the best![8D]

As far as lost baggage: wear your lucky underwear, pack a 4 leaf clover and a rabbit's foot, help old ladies across the street for weeks before the trip, eat all your vegetables and say a prayer at check-in; it's pretty much out of your hands. (Actually there's a website somewhere with satistics on each air carrier as far as on time arrivals/departures and lost baggage. You could look up the airline with the least lost bags and book with them. But if you've got bad karma, yours will be the one bag that gets lost that year anyway... [:@])