Mark Day
Active member
Flew out of Montreal with my Suhr Modern in my SKB ATA case enroute to LAX via Detroit.
Montreal CRJ50 to Detroit. Got to the ticket counter, baggage guy says take that to oversize baggage, I say it's my guitar, he says oh, no problem sir you can take that with you.
Finally get to the gate and no way it must be gate checked, they plane is full and it is not going on EVEN if it was a gig bag.
Detroit to LAX Airbus A330...FULL, gate area lady says no way is that going on board the plane is full, she says take it to the gate to be gate checked. I get to the plane and the steward says."Let me see if we can get that in a closet". So we try and it doesn't fit. He says stay here I'll be right back. He comes back with Captain Delta. Captain says "Can I see it?" I show him he says wow that's gorgeous! He says I can strap that into a jump seat on the flight deck. So he does
I'm at the back of the plane, we I de-plane, Captain is standing there waiting with my guitar and says thanks for flying Delta, I said thanks for going above and beyond!
Both flights were Delta.
Moral: This guitar simply would not have got on as carry on on the CRJ50..NO ROOM anywhere. I'm glad it was in the ATA case!
The Airbus A330 had a helpful crew that went above for me. Regardless I will always travel with the flight case because had the Suhr been in the gigbag on the first flight I would have been fucked.
I know there will be a million guys that say "I can always get my guitar in a gig bag onboard" Well I can't so I'm bringing a case lol.
Mark
Montreal CRJ50 to Detroit. Got to the ticket counter, baggage guy says take that to oversize baggage, I say it's my guitar, he says oh, no problem sir you can take that with you.
Finally get to the gate and no way it must be gate checked, they plane is full and it is not going on EVEN if it was a gig bag.
Detroit to LAX Airbus A330...FULL, gate area lady says no way is that going on board the plane is full, she says take it to the gate to be gate checked. I get to the plane and the steward says."Let me see if we can get that in a closet". So we try and it doesn't fit. He says stay here I'll be right back. He comes back with Captain Delta. Captain says "Can I see it?" I show him he says wow that's gorgeous! He says I can strap that into a jump seat on the flight deck. So he does
I'm at the back of the plane, we I de-plane, Captain is standing there waiting with my guitar and says thanks for flying Delta, I said thanks for going above and beyond!
Both flights were Delta.
Moral: This guitar simply would not have got on as carry on on the CRJ50..NO ROOM anywhere. I'm glad it was in the ATA case!
The Airbus A330 had a helpful crew that went above for me. Regardless I will always travel with the flight case because had the Suhr been in the gigbag on the first flight I would have been fucked.
I know there will be a million guys that say "I can always get my guitar in a gig bag onboard" Well I can't so I'm bringing a case lol.
Mark
