[HANASHIR:2793] Re: Guitar travel

[Joel Siegel <siegeljd...>]

Judy Git wrote:

> Wow!  What airline do you fly??  What airport??  Remind me to avoid it!!
> Trust me - I WOULD kick up a fuss big time if anyone insisted on my checking
> my guitar.
>
> Shabbat shalom to everyone.
>
> Judy
>

Avoid the San Francisco Bay Area, then, because both Oakland and San Francisco
airports have those things.  As far as I can tell, it's not restricted to any
particular airline.  I've noticed them when flying Southworst and United, but
it's been a long time (except on transatlantic flights) since I've been able to
carry my guitar on board.

Before those damn "hoods" got installed, though, I was at least able to get the
thing to the gate, and have it hand-carried into the hold, with a "CLAIM AT
GATE" tag on it so it would be waiting for me at the gate rather than at
baggage claim.  This avoided a *lot* of potential baggage-handling damage.  But
even that option's now been destroyed since  they won't let you take it through
security.

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