[HANASHIR:5778] RE: Plane Travel With a Guitar

[Adrian Durlester <durleste...>]

Ok folks. This question has come up enough times that I intend to go back
through the archives, dig out the relevant comments, and post them to the
web site. If you have any thoughts or comments or suggestions on this
question, please email them to me privately.

Your humble list owner,

Adrian

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org [mailto:owner-hanashir (at) 
> shamash(dot)org]On
> Behalf Of David Weisz
> Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2000 10:51 PM
> To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
> Subject: [HANASHIR:5777] RE: Plane Travel With a Guitar
>
>
> Here we go again... :)
>
> As someone who has spent a lot of time travelling cross-country with his
> guitar, the BIGGEST hint I can give anyone trying to get on a plane with a
> guitar is to BE INSISTENT!!! Do not allow them to check your guitar as
> baggage, and do not take no for an answer!!! The very least that I am
> willing to settle for, and only very, very grudgingly (i.e. when
> they're at
> the point of kicking me off the flight), is a gate check. If you
> gate check
> your guitar, they will hand-carry it to a special storage unit on
> the plane,
> and then hand-carry it back up to the jetway when you land, much like they
> do with oversized strollers (the only major exception to this
> that I know of
> is LAX, for those of you travelling from LA) This, of course,
> means you have
> to pass the hurdles of the check-in counter and security. Again, BE
> INSISTENT!!! If the airport you're flying through has those beautiful new
> plastic hoods over the X-ray machines (the ones that are two small for a
> guitar case), explain that you are planning on gate checking the
> guitar, and
> that you need to have it visually inspected. They will do this for you as
> long as you are polite, yet INSISTENT (anyone noticing a trend here?).
>
> Basically, the challenge is to get it to the boarding gate. Once you're
> there, most of the gate agents are kind enough to let you carry it on, and
> often times will let you board early. And remember, to get it to the gate,
> tell everyone you're going to gate check it, and BE INSISTENT!!!
>
> Good luck!
> David
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org [mailto:owner-hanashir (at) 
> > shamash(dot)org]On
> > Behalf Of Kjmom18 (at) aol(dot)com
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2000 10:30 PM
> > To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
> > Subject: [HANASHIR:5776] Plane Travel With a Guitar
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm planning on attending HN this year and want to bring my
> > guitar.  I have
> > major reservations about putting it through with the luggage.  Do
> > airlines
> > let you carry on your guitar?  Please let me know how you have
> > handled this.
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > Karen Joseph
> > Temple Rodeph Torah/Marlboro, NJ
> > Temple Shaari Emeth/Manalapan, NJ
> >
> >
>
>

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