I don't have any recent experience with this, but I've found Air France in the past to be the worst in regards to traveling with instruments. If she gets an agent who thinks customer service is a British or American concept not applicable to France, she may have to try other folks. So she should allow a bit of extra time to clear everything. I have had luck in the past with getting the instrument to the gate and then asking if my soft case could be hung in a coat closet.
Another option is that I've actually transported instruments in a number of cases in cardboard boxes full of styrofoam peanuts. It was not without some trepidation that I did so, but I've never actually had any problems. The only thing I would recommend is reinforcing the cardboard box to prevent crushing if you go this route. Best, Arle On Mar 8, 2010, at 12:31 PM, Martin Lodahl wrote: > Thanks to Mitch, Felicia and Ruthie for their advice on flying with > instruments in today's environment! I'd seen Alden & Cali's page, but was > looking for something as close to real-time as I could get, as the picture > seems to be an exceptionally fluid one. Fortunately, my wife is a formidable > fighter and flies to France at least twice a year; if it's a question of > what she can, uh, negotiate at the gate, there will be no problem. The > flight is tomorrow, so it's a bit late to arrange for a suitable flight case, > and I have no idea what sort of case it's in. Or for that matter, even who > made it. I'd heard that she was bringing it about a week ago, but only > learned that she didn't have a strategy for getting it here until I was > leaving to play a gig yesterday afternoon, hence last night's hurried plea > for help. Thanks all, for the help! > > - M > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster.
