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Hi Kris My procedure is basically the same as yours, only, because it's an over-the-big-pond-flight the lockers (or "overhead compartments") are big enough to accommodate my cute little guitar. They've denied cabin-access to it before, declaring it as "carry-on luggage", which was fine by me, too. HTH Bernhard > -----Original Message----- > From: Kris Hartung [mailto:khartung@cableone.net] > Sent: Samstag, 1. Oktober 2005 22:37 > To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com > Subject: Transporting my acoustic guitar to santa cruz on my flight, etc. > > Just some interesting tid bids and a follow up on this. I just called > Horizon/Alaska, my airline to Santa Cruz, and the the place where they > stow the a la carte bagage is both pressurized and temperature > controlled....it's the same place they keep animals, so I'm not worred > about freezing my acoustic guitar. The rep on the phone suggested I > first try to get the guitar on the plane and sweet talk the stewardess. > There is a closet on the plane, but it is not for customers...I have > used this in the past or guitars, however. So, my plan is to enter the > plane with my guitar and plead for them to put it in their closet, but > if they can't, at least I know the guitar will not be in a temperature > contolled area. I'm also plastering stickers all over it with Fragile, > Handle with Care, etc. That's my plan, and I'm stickin' to it. > > What is everyone else doing? Bernhard? > > Kris > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kris Hartung [mailto:khartung@cableone.net] > Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 9:40 PM > To: 'Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com' > Subject: RE: still goin clean > > > I think the under-carrier baggage areas temperatures are temperature > controlled. Have you heard differently? I mean people put liquids in > their baggage all of the time...shampoo, etc...I've never had a frozen > item out of my baggage, even after a 14 hour trip from West US to Italy. > This is a main concern too...a nice wood finish being exposed to sub-0 > degrees is frightening, even if for only 1 1/2 hours. I may try to > bring the guitar on board and sweet talk the stewardess into putting it > somewhere....there must be some place. On my business drop to the Bay > area last week, I saw a cello player walk off the same small plane with > his instrument in a hard case. I was wondering wher he had it, or if he > had purchased a seat for it. > > Or I could ship the guitar to someone in Santa Cruz...last resort. > Better yet...get a Steinberger! :) It must be nice to be Kid Beyond. > > Kris > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Travis Hartnett [mailto:travishartnett@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 9:12 PM > To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com > Subject: Re: still goin clean > > > It's not the air pressure to worry about, but the handlers and the cold, > in that order. > > TravisH > > On 9/29/05, Kris Hartung <khartung@cableone.net> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > I hear you! I'm checking in my 5 space rack with the rest of my > > baggage, and hope it doesn't go over the 60 pound limit. I hope to > > check in my rack and a large suitcase with my wires and controllers, > > and a few clothes, and then walk on the plane with my two laptops and > > guitar. The flight from Boise to San Jose is short and on a small > > plane with no closets, so I think I will have to put my acoustic > > guitar on the a la carte and have it stored under the plane. I don't > > know what else to do. The overhead compartments in the plane are too > > small for my electric, otherwise I would bring it. No closets, no > > overheads...leads to only checking my guitar in...but I'm sure it is > > pressurized where they store the a la carte bags. > > > > Kris > > > > > > >