Comments on: Getting your guitar on the plane as carry on luggage

By: NEL

NEL — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 22:06:11 +0000

hi fellas…i would like to ask for your opinion on bringing an acoustic guitar on hand carry luggage. i’m travelling thru business class ( emirates) before christmas-burmingham to dubai then dubai to philippines. i still have doubts, even after reading comments regarding this issue w/c says that you can carry it inside the cabin, coz i’ve called the local office of the emirates and still having consistency of the issue. one staff said you can…the other day i called said you can’t. i’m confused really…what do you think guys? i would really appreciate your answer coz the day of my flight back home is approaching. thanks!

By: Francisco Arief

Francisco Arief — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:53:13 +0000

I was able to brought my guitar on board in a long return flight from Jakarta to Paris last year, the trick was I brought it with softcase, and the stewardress put my guitar in a room somewhere and I found my guitar was in perfect shape, it was a 6000 euros guitar. I was flying with Emirates that time, which is big airplane. If you fly with a smaller plane, like Airfrance for example, better bring it with strong hardcase because they don’t have a place on board that is enough for the guitar, even if your guitar is only covered with softcase.

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By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:54:01 +0000

Knowing the plane would be small and my guitar big (1969 Martin D-28), I bought a ticket for it (tip: your guitar probably does not have a driver’s license, so ticket it as “Musical Instrument” or “Guitar,” not by maker’s name, which might be mistaken for someone who does have a driver’s license or ID). Even so, the stewardess started as she saw me boarding: “Sir, you can’t bring the guitar on board.” Even after I explained I had bought a seat for it, she kept on: “But it won’t fit in….”
“It will fit just fine,” I said, and went to our seats and strapped us both in.

Later, the same stewardess told my wife she couldn’t keep her coat in the seat with the guitar because “I already made a concession to allow the guitar on board.”