Whilst never had to travel with a HG, I do travel Air France on a regular
basis and, as far as I can see (flying from both the UK and Charles De
Gaulle Airport in Paris, they seem to use the same luggage measurer (a sort
of wire box) to check luggage size.
As the terminal is the departure for all over the world (big planes and
little planes), I'm presuming it's "one size fits all".
New size limit on hand luggage :
56cm x 45cm x 25cm (approximately 22x17.7x10 >inches).
http://www.bonjourlafrance.com/air-france/airline-baggage.htm gives all the
details of their regulations.
They are very unrelenting (I have to squeeze my flight bag to make it look
smaller) and strict over what you can take into the cabin these days.
Colin Hill
----- Original Message -----
From: "Judith Lindenau" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 6:42 PM
Subject: Re: [HG-new] Advice on Flying With a Hurdy Gurdy?
Of course all of this is good advice, if you don't have to travel on
commuter airlines--which more and
more of us do. Anything larger than a briefcase will have to be
checked. I bought a fitted shipping case
from Alden and Cali, and either ship my instrumemt ahead or check it and
pay for oversized luggage.
One thing I did do for easier travel when I am using big planes is to
have a cello backpack style
padded case cut down to size. It's great for my Weichselbaumer tenor.
judith
Judith Lindenau Association Management and Personal Coaching
On 3/8/2010 12:38 PM, Arle Lommel wrote:
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
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