[EverythingMusic]

Many home owner's policies will cover a non-working musician's guitar even when traveling against, damage, loss, theft, fire, etc. A working musician needs a special rider or seperate policy.

I've found that if the guitar can fit in the overhead bin, they don't mind you carrrying it on, but on many planes, they don't fit. You can ask them to put it in the closet and sometimes they will. More often than not they ask you to gate check it, which is better because it is hand delivered to the ground crew.

I pack my socks with my guitar, adding extra padding to support the headstock in all directions and adding extra padding around the endpin if I can. If it has an endpin in it, I take it out. Most jacks aren't tapered and won't act like a wedge so I don't remove them. Oh and have a good case...