About Gary Leff

Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel - a topic he has covered since 2002. Co-founder of frequent flyer community InsideFlyer.com, emcee of the Freddie Awards, and named one of the "World's Top Travel Experts" by Conde' Nast Traveler (2010-Present) Gary has been a guest on most major news media, profiled in several top print publications, and published broadly on the topic of consumer loyalty. More About Gary »

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Musician Kicked Off American Airlines Flight Because His Cello Was a “Safety Risk”

Apr 05 2017

In May of last year American refused to allow a 1742 Guarneri violin as a carry on despite policy that should have allowed it.

No airline wants to be like United which breaks guitars forcing valuable instruments into checked baggage. We still remember that incident 8 years later. Memo to airlines, musicians write songs, and songs go viral.

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