[HANASHIR:2795] Re: Guitar travel

[Judy Git <hillel...>]

Gosh, I hope this doesn't spread.  It must be pretty recent in the bay area, too
(last couple of years) because I DID manage to shlep my guitar to CAJE when it 
was
in Stanford in 1997 and was not forced to check it.

Seriously, folks, I think that if this sort of thing has started popping up 
around
the country, there should be some concerted effort to insist that musical
instruments and other delicate baggage be exempt from these "hoods" or whatever
else they might concoct to limit size of carry on luggage.

Any ideas?

Judy

Joel Siegel wrote:

> 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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