Commercial air travel with a speaker
Does any member have experience flying domestic US commercially with a hifi speaker? Willing to buy a seat/ticket for it, I just don't want to be halfway across the country and have issues. TSA looks to be OK with it. Any real-world experience out there?
You can get around cheaper by sending it with cargo airlines to the same destination and then picking it up from the cargo airline pick-up areas. You might not be in synch with arrivals, but certainly less hustle I've used cargo airlines on many occasions. I shipped huge R2R player (around 85lb) with cargo airlines so the customer could claim it from there. Couldn't find any safer and cheaper way indeed.
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Some musicians routinely purchase an extra seat to travel with their instrument. It normally works, but it isn't unusual to see a report of someone getting refused while boarding. Just be aware that you could make arrangements with the airline and do everything right but still run into a problem. https://www.thestrad.com/news/couple-with-cello-removed-from-american-airlines-flight/16413.article https://simpleflying.com/klm-under-fire-cello-cabin-refusal/ This one was a surprise because Sheku Kanneh-Mason is one of the biggest name classical cellists today.
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