> Has the procedures for flying with your instruments changed
I didnt think
> they were letting you purchase seats for instruments anymore
According to
> the American Airlines website you can, see below.
It depends on how fussy they are being with the Homeland Security's Alert
Level or whatever it is.
> Musical Instruments
> If the item is too large to carry-on, we suggest purchasing a ticket for the
> adjacent seat, for details call American Airlines Reservations at
> 1-800-433-7300.
All you can do is ask the airline, and pray. FWIW, or not, it's probably
entirely possible for you to buy a ticket for your instrument and then have
the TSA deny it entry to the gate. It depends on what mood they are in.
>
> Also I was wondering what do you do if you don't buy a seat for your
> instrument and your at the airport your flight leave in 1 hours and they
> won't let you take in in the cabin, they insist you have to check it....Has
> anyone ever had this problem.. Seth
We avoided this problem last November by using a flight case. (That didn't
stop some nice person at TSA from helping themselves to what I assume was a
very nice smoked salmon, but that's not the question here.)
It may help you to look at the webpage about flying with your HG:
http://www.hurdygurdy.com/info/flying.htm
There are also some archives of this list (at a website I don't remember at
the moment) where more recent experiences may be found.
Alden
