| Subject: | Re: [RESOGUIT-L] Re: Reso-Summit! | | Date: | Sunday, January 14, 2007 10:28:15 (-0600) | | From: | David Tanner <dcsrt @.....net>
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Tom - That's an accurate description of what's been my experience on
Northwest (we're a hub - Mpls./St. Paul - so I rarely fly on others).
95% of the time I carry into the cabin. Once in a while on connecting
smaller flights I've been asked to gate check. A couple times in Hong
Kong I've had to go back to the counter and have them put a special
colored tag on my "oversized bag" so I could take it on board. Gate
checking doesn't scare me anymore, either. You can pretty much watch
them put it on top of the load and it's waiting for you in the
walkway as you step out of the cabin of the plane. Gigbags are
definitely the way to go but you do sacrifice a bit of piece of mind.
When in doubt, as you say, a tight fitting hard case can be gate
checked with a low chance for damage. Sheesh, what a hassle they put
us through! My pet peeve is the number of people who don't check
their bags and bring them into the cabin. That's where the space
problem is coming from. Guitar players suffer, endure and Play
On!!! - Dave
On Jan 14, 2007, at 10:00 AM, Tom Foote wrote:
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> On Jan 13, 2007, at 10:28 PM, reso-man@comcast.net wrote:
>
>>
>> There were three of us on our trip from Seattle to Nashville for
>> IBMA this past Sept., on Southwest Airlines. It was a non-stop
>> flight
>
>> and we carried on 3 guitars in hard shell cases - 2 D-18s and my
>> DeNeve. I admit to being doubtful that we'd be allowed to do
>> that, but my traveling companions
> had the drill down. There is no reserve seating on Southwest
> and you are allowed to get a Boarding Pass online 24 hrs before your
> flight, so you get on your cptr and 23 hrs and 59 minutes before
> your flight you hit the SEND button. That gives you an A Boarding
> pass.
> A passes board first, so you get on the airplane early enough to
> find an overhead storage locker that fits your guitar. We had no
> problem
> at either the Seattle Security inspection or the Nashville
> inspection on the way back. They did pull me out of line and made
> me give up
> a full plastic water bottle out of my backpack. Perhaps 3 guys
> headed to, and back from, Nashville carrying guitars is not an
> uncommon sight for the inspectors.
> there's no guarantee that this will work every time, but I
> actually bought a gig bag after that trip figuring that if they
> allow me to carry on
> my guitar, I want to have the convenience of toting it in a gig
> bag... those airports are B-I-G and carrying a reso in a hard case
> is something
> one needs to train for... yeah, I know,.. get in shape,
> right? : > ) I did pull my tuners, steel, picks, capos out of
> the case and put them in
> my small suitcase, which I checked through. One of the guys had
> a tuner and capo in his case and nothing was said.
>
> I might suggest if you attempt carrying on in a gig bag, that you
> arrange to have someone with you at the airport holding your hard
> shell case
> on the chance you don't get through Security and need to repack
> your axe. Otherwise, if your guitar is in a tight fitting hard
> shell case and
> you intend to carry it on, then pack it with shorts, socks and
> tee shirts... ie., soft stuff that cushions it in case you have to
> check it through.
>
> When I told this story to a reso picker friend from the area, he
> said he has flown with his 'horn in a gig bag on different airlines
> and
> only once was he stopped at the door of the airplane and not
> allowed to carry it on. However, a baggage handler came and took it
> away to place it ON TOP of all the other luggage.. he said
> that's called "gate checking"
>
> YMMV
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