Double Bass Airline Restrictions Master List

[Lorin Cohen]

I flew on SW in July. No charge.

Thanks! And this was with the Flyaway?

 

[Tom Lane]

Yes. I've flown with United and SW a half dozen times and have only been charged twice. United charged me $200 and SW $75

 

[Lorin Cohen]

Great! thanks for that info Tom

 

[Lorin Cohen]

I've done 4 flights with the Lemur in the last month or so, and it's gone great so far. I have to throw my hat in with JetBlue who if you need to check a removable neck instrument, as long as it's under 150 inches in size or 165 pounds, they don't charge you extra to check it out. CAUTION: The ticketing agent probably doesn't know the policy, so it would help to bring up their musical instrument policy on your phone just in case. I had to explain it to the fine folks in Burlington recently, but they looked it up and huzzah, no extra fees.

Hey Max- I think you answered this in an earlier thread, but I can't find it! What's your recent experience flying with the Lemur Case on Southwest? On their site it looks like the Lemur flyaway could get charged the $200 oversize fee. Interestingly, "Large Media Camera Equipment" is only $75, and I know of a few players who just say the case contains "media equipment" for this reason. Any advice from your won experiences on Southwest would be greatly appreciated!