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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 > > >