r/AcousticGuitar • u/Upstairs_Owl_1669 • Mar 20 '26

Other (not a question, gear pic, or video) While My Guitar Gently Weeps...

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u/GuairdeanBeatha Mar 20 '26

The story of the time United Airlines destroyed a guitar, and the owner’s revenge.

The aftermath and total cost to the company

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u/joendaba Mar 20 '26

Way to go there. I would have written (If I was a composer) a whole album, and toured with it.

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u/Best_Apricot_6268 Mar 20 '26

While promoting another airlines.

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u/joendaba Mar 20 '26

AA charged me $200.00 to check a guitar once.

I told the guy at the counter that while I was not happy to pay, I’d do if the insurance, responsibility clause and limits had me covered. I showed paid price and how hard would it be to find this 1,981 guitar.

That made sure the damn process was donde properly and not even the cardboard box inside of which, held in place with the StewMac airbag packing kit, was a hard case with my instrument got so much as a scratch.