hixmix
Halibut, North Dakota
I've never flown with a guitar but I've surfed with one.
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notbradsohner
Compression Addict
we shall see sunday......
hixmix
Halibut, North Dakota
hixmix
Halibut, North Dakota
Light
New member
That's the letter.
One other thing which I forgot. Back when I was flying a lot, the absolute BEST time to fly with a guitar was on a Saturday afternoon. The flights are usually almost completely empty, so you can frequently get a whole row in the back of the plane to yourself, which makes it much easier to bring on your instrument. Flying on Saturdays, I used to be able, as often as not, to get not just one row to myself, but have two or three rows free. Absolutly the way to go, if you can get it.
Light
"Cowards can never be moral."
M.K. Gandhi
One other thing which I forgot. Back when I was flying a lot, the absolute BEST time to fly with a guitar was on a Saturday afternoon. The flights are usually almost completely empty, so you can frequently get a whole row in the back of the plane to yourself, which makes it much easier to bring on your instrument. Flying on Saturdays, I used to be able, as often as not, to get not just one row to myself, but have two or three rows free. Absolutly the way to go, if you can get it.
Light
"Cowards can never be moral."
M.K. Gandhi
c7sus
Disenfranchised Member
Pull the bridge pins too.
Nothing like a split bridge to fuck up your day.
Nothing like a split bridge to fuck up your day.
Light
New member
c7sus said:
The end pin too, if you have a tapered end pin (Martin actually ships ALL of their guitars with the bridge pin removed). Though I've never had a problem with either when people have shipped me guitars with the pins in place.
Light
"Cowards can never be moral."
M.K. Gandhi
zazz
hmmmm
im with the store it in the upright cloaklocker!!!! and i would never check it in ever unless its a flightcase.
TheRockDoc
New member
Light said:
This previous letter is the definitive source for understanding this issue. Awesome
My cynical issue would be that post 9-11, airline attendants have full discretion to make you have a rough day. If anyone remembers my peen-wad Carvin thread a few months back, the day I was traveling when I was going to transport my Carvin, I had already talked to Delta the night before to INSURE that everything Light had reported was true. Everything, in fact, until the agent didn't like her hair that morning. The scene was so nuts that not only was the pilot personally offering to gate-check my guitar (turned out that he was a musician and felt I was getting a hassle, among many other abominable things that day(yelling nose-to-nose), but ultimately if they want to turn you away, the best is that you'll change your flight. You can call the union, and you may get it done, but they will always have the discretion. My assistant, incidentially, work for the airlines for almost 30 years as is her husband. It was much worse for me that day, and it was an exception, but just keep in mind...
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ermghoti
New member
Why not get the policy in writing? Whoever you contact at the airline to verify that you can carry on an instrument could easily write a quick letter or email, citing the policy exactly, with whatever reference would be needed.
Also, I believe the "if there is space available " clause is in all airline policies.
Also, I believe the "if there is space available " clause is in all airline policies.
TheRockDoc
New member
because the airline won't care. It is, as Light alluded to earlier, a crapshoot. If, at the discretion of the attendant, they don't want you to decide that you want it, you'll decide either you listen to the airline, or you lose your plane now and beg later...ermghoti said: