[HANASHIR:2794] Re: Guitar travel

[David Weisz <dweisz...>]

I hate to sound like I'm promoting "illegal" activities here, but unless you
have a jumbo guitar, the cases DO fit through those hoods. If you just take
a second to think back to high school geometry and slide it through
diagonally (as opposed to laying flat on its back), it'll make it. The folks
at security usually don't care...as long as you don't pack a gun in your
case (or wire cutters, for which I have been stopped and searched), you
should be okay.

Happy flying!
David (who would rather drive cross-country and back than deal with getting
a guitar on a plane)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org [mailto:owner-hanashir (at) 
> shamash(dot)org]On
> Behalf Of Joel Siegel
> Sent: Sunday, April 25, 1999 11:17 PM
> To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
> Subject: [HANASHIR:2793] Re: Guitar travel
>
>
>
>
> 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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