Courier from Bangalore to Dhanbad

A small oddity first, because it confuses people who compare dockets. Dhanbad is handled under two service codes: a parcel books on DNG, a document on DNB. You never have to pick between them — we book whichever the shipment falls under — but it explains why two consignments to the same street can carry different service labels.

Transit is 3–4 days on Standard, three on Premium, 7–8 by road. The opening kilogram is ₹415 by air against ₹484 by road, so at the light end the slower service is also the dearer one; the road column bills a three-kilogram minimum whatever your box weighs. Below that threshold there is nothing to decide.

The Premium column has an unusual shape on this lane, and it is worth a look if your consignment is in the ten-to-fifteen-kilogram band. Premium reads ₹6,518 at 10 kg and ₹7,434 at 15 kg — the five kilograms between those two slabs cost ₹916, where the five below them cost ₹3,170. Unlike the state cards used for much of eastern India, this row also carries a 50 kg Premium figure, so an air booking is available at any weight the counter will accept.

Road freight is where the volume savings sit, provided a week is acceptable: ₹1,614 against ₹2,593 at 10 kg, ₹4,034 against ₹6,483 at 25 kg, ₹8,068 against ₹12,966 at 50 kg. Documents run on a scale of their own — the standard line opens at ₹242 for the first half kilogram and reaches ₹415 at one, while express asks ₹496 and ₹813 for the same paper.

For completeness: we have booked this lane once. The card is the network’s, not ours, so the figures hold regardless — but we are not going to describe a single consignment as a busy corridor.