Originally Posted by
Redhead
You are allowed one carry-on and a personal item. The violin would count as your personal item, so the other case should make it on (assuming it meets the size restrictions)
Originally Posted by
JDiver
AA has a very strong "no tolerance" policy about "violins in the workplace"...
You'll be fine, but you won't be able to claim a third carry-on item; the violin, cased, will count as your carry-on, and you'll be allowed a personal item as well. I've seen pax with violins on AA.
Aren't those two conflicting answers?
In fact, that's the kind of conflicting answers I've gotten after speaking with three AA agents on the phone.
(1) violin + 21" carry-on,
not allowed, because both are counted as carry-ons
(2) violin + 21" carry-on,
allowed, because violin is a personal item and the 21" carry is carry-on
Actually, the third agent(who took position 1) suggested that it was up to the airport agent and flight attendants because they have the discretion.
Under no circumstance can I check a $450,000 violin.... so I guess I'll have to check the 21" carry-on.
The violin case is just a standard one-violin case measuring appx 29" x 9" x 5" in size.