Flying On Hawaiian Airlines With A GS Mini

[woodnut]

We're planning a trip to Maui and was wondering if anyone has flown with Hawaiian Airlines with a GS Mini.
The aircraft would most likely be an Airbus 332.
Don't want to get to the plane and have a problem.
Has anyone done this before?
What's your experience?

[Guitar Cowboy]

I'd be interested in  anyone's thoughts on this as well. I plan on taking my Mini to Hawaii next month. I'll be flying American down but  Hawaii Airlines between Maui and Kauai.

[Guitargeak99]

A friend of mine did this exact thing last year- I just asked her and she said there were no problems taking it on the plane on Hawaiian Airlines

[woodnut]

Thanks for that bit of information Guitargeak, it helps.
Did she say whether she had to pay a baggage fee or did she just put it in the overhead?

[Frettingflyer]

I don’t fly for Hawaiian, but you should not have a problem as long as you are boarding early enough for there to be overhead bin space. As with any airline, there will be some individual working somewhere who has a thing against instruments, but as long as you are nice they will usually keep quiet and let it go, especially since that is the policy now.
I rarely see any issues as I fly around, and of course it helps that the Captain that is trying to resolve it is carrying a guitar:)
The last problem I saw, and I felt horrible, the girl had a brand new 200 series guitar in the HSC. The case got damaged, guitar ok, but she was just bringing it home for the 1st time.
So, check your carriers boarding policy and pick a seat so that you can be in an early boarding group, or you may pay for early boarding with some airlines.
Don’t let stressing over your instrument take away from the trip, Tommy Emmanuel has been checking his Maton’s his whole career and never had any problem as of the last time I saw him(2016?).