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Mark
Ha`aha`a
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 Posted - 04/30/2010 : 1:43:07 PM
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Do you carry your CA-Cargo on board in it's little soft case?
Yep. Even fits in the tiny prop planes that fly outa Medford.
FWI: On this trip, for the Seattle to Maui leg, I put the case on my back upside down, so from the front (facing the boarding agent at the gate) it just looked like a regular backback.
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What do you think will happen if they force you to check it?
(which they may do someday)
Probably not much. As I'd said earlier-- it has already been through some pretty sever temperature & humidity changes.
And it's a heckuva lot tougher than the Baby Taylor travel guitar--or my beloved old Appalachian dulcimer &/or Po Mahina ukulele -- all of which (including the uke!) went into the hold at the gate at one time or another. All were in soft cases.
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Are there hard-sided cases available that fit a CA-Cargo so it can travel as checked baggage?
Most likely. Taylor usta make one for the Baby. Don't know where you'd find one, tho'.
You can always have someone custom make a flight case for ya.
Which sorta obviates the whole concept, doesn't it?  |
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Lawrence
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Posted - 04/30/2010 : 2:53:13 PM
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Which sorta obviates the whole concept, doesn't it?
Well yes, but not entirely. Admittedly the Cargo is a lot stronger than a regular wooden guitar, but in the soft case it may not survive a strong thrust from the tubular steel rod of a baby carriage (which might happen to be gate checked on the same flight). And would you want to check it at the counter in the gig-bag? - probably not.
The other reason for a CA-Cargo is the other Magic airline number: 62.. The last time I flew to Hawaii, United wanted $175 each way for any checked baggage over 62 inches (L+W+H) and they made SURE to measure EVERYTHING. Since then they have backed off a little and the extra charge for more than 62 inches (up to 80 inches) is "Only" an additional $100 (on United, American, Hawaiian, etc). So the way I figure it is, even in a "hard" case the CA-Cargo should be able to stay under this magic 62 inches and save $100 each way even if checked, and even if the counter crew are obnoxious. But of course, in a hard case, it is not likely to make it on-board, so counter checking would be required. However, this is the way I have traveled with my guitar for the last many years, in a Calton Case and in checked baggage. It is only because of these recent "improvements" in airline travel that I have to go to such efforts (buy a new smaller guitar, look for a smaller hard case, etc).
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Mahope Kākou...
...El Lorenzo de Ondas Sonoras |
Edited by - Lawrence on 05/03/2010 06:34:17 AM |
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maggie
Aloha
USA
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Posted - 05/04/2010 : 6:50:27 PM
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| Thanks everyone for the feedback on Cargo vs Emerald question and thank you Sal, for sending the link to me. The Cargo arrived yesterday and I spent the afternoon sitting on my back lanai trying to convince myself it was warm enough to play outside -- it wasn't, but that didn't matter. I'll get a chance to really break it in next week when I take it to the infamous windy, rainy Oregon coast. |
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