Originally Posted by
docbert
From what the OP is saying it seems fairly clear that the instruments went into the overhead bins - why would they have done that if they had bought a seat for them?
(And there were 4 pax, not 2)
The OP never says the instruments went into the bins:
Originally Posted by Plane-is-home
4 guys just boarded UA 664 with 2 carry ons each (1 huge rollerbag) and then each very large music instruments. Why would UA allow that? E+ and even 2 FC bins are stuffed before anybody else is on. Can't they at least make them check their regular bags?
It sounds as though he didn't see where the instruments ended up.