For several years now, UK regulations have allowed you to take an instrument on board as well as a carry-on. I've had to insist on it a couple of times with che

For several years now, UK regulations have allowed you to take an instrument on board as well as a carry-on. I've had to insist on it a couple of times with check-in staff. But as a colleague told me years ago: never travel with anything you aren't prepared to lose, because You Never Know. When I take a guitar with me on the road, I take one of these: http://www.brunner-guitars.com/?page_id=591 http://www.brunner-guitars.com/?page_id=591 Not the cheapest, but it'll fit in the overhead every time.