I don't know if this would work in the USA as every ticketed passenger (including, presumably, "M. Instrument") needs to have a government-issued photo id.
Richard > Dear all, > > Since I just completed my 10th flight with a baroque lute on Ryanair I'd > like to share some information. > > Everything went very well, I have to admit. > I always had to book an extra seat, since the lute doesn't fit into the > overhead lockers. The instrument is put to a window seat and you get the > neighbour seat. > For the last 5 flights I always had the same (online) booking problem. > You are supposed to enter "Extra Item Seat" as "passenger" name, but I > kept getting strange error messages when I tried that. The telephonic > advice from the very friendly Ryanair help desk in Hungary (they speak > English! ;-) was to try "Musical Instrument" (first name: Musical, > family name : Instrument) instead. That works perfectly. > Only a very philosophical security lady at a Belgium airport mourned: > "You created a new person!" But then she admitted that the person Mr. M. > Instrument was only to exist for the duration of this flight and > wouldn't have to suffer a lot. > > Best wishes > Bernd > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
