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Originally posted by lenazi i would much rather bring it as a carry on than check my bag. Airlines treat checked luggage like ping pong balls. Had you been crossing borders you could have been stopped by immigration. The canadian customs agents have sent back so many djs without valid work permits that it was pretty insane. They would see the record maxi and right away , "sir please step into that office on your left.".

Well I AM bringing it as carry-on luggage. Definitely not checking it in. But I was wondering if I should bring it in the original A&H box or this trolley bag that fits it.

Reason why I'm thinking of the trolley is because it has some extra room which I can use for my 2 external HDDs. Don't want to risk losing them by checking those in. Downside of doing this is that I'll have to get rid of the original packaging or if I can somehow flatten out the cardboard box and put it in the suitcase.

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Originally posted by david.michael Couldn't you just ship it to yourself and avoid the headache?

I looked into that but its $$$. FedEx, DHL, etc. all quoted me $350-500. Contacted the cargo division of the airlines directly and they gave me contact numbers for these third party freight forwarding agents. They were cheaper (~$200) but I won't have my piece of mind thinking about how it'll be shoved into one of those huge freight trucks with other people's stuff and just thrown around.

So I figured, carry-on should be the best option.

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Originally posted by Search&Rescue I looked into that but its $$$. FedEx, DHL, etc. all quoted me $350-500. Contacted the cargo division of the airlines directly and they gave me contact numbers for these third party freight forwarding agents. They were cheaper (~$200) but I won't have my piece of mind thinking about how it'll be shoved into one of those huge freight trucks with other people's stuff and just thrown around. So I figured, carry-on should be the best option.

Holy shit, I had no idea it would be that expensive. Nevermind, lol.

I've carried on a mixer in a flight case before. At one airport they didn't bat an eye, at the other, they opened it up and swabbed it and asked me if it was a "musical instrument".

Note that this was in the US on domestic flights.

I was also flying on regional jets, where large carryons get valet-checked and stored in the cargo hold during flight and returned when you deplane.

actually, my friend is flying back tomorrow and taking his xone as carry-on again. he's done it once, we'll see how it goes.

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