Good to know - I'll never fly Air France with any instrument, then. If they are so anal about taking this stupid regulation literally (and not in spirit, because most HGs in soft gig bags fit perfectly and with a lot of room to spare inside the overhead compartment), I can take my business elsewhere.
On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 6:04 PM, Colin <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. 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