January 2016 started with some pretty unfriendly travel experiences for at least 2 classical musicians that had planned on flying with their instruments.

Cellist Nathan Chan was recently booked on a flight with American Airlines from Vancouver to New York through Toronto, and WestJet was handling the first part of his flight.

Although he had purchased a ticket for himself and one for his cello, when he got to the WestJet flight, they told him that he couldn’t bring his cello on board the plane; even though had had already paid for the ticket.

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Have you considered whether Square Trade Year musical instruments protection is worth buying? If you are like most people you likely have not even considered whether you should get a protection plan for your instrument.

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The Violin and the Viola are both members of the string instrument family, they look quite similar and are both held under the chin and played with bows.

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