A few years (3 maybe??) there was a discussion on bluegrass-l (I think!) about this, and one problem several talked about was that if you send if as luggage on your flight, and it is lost or damaged, the maximum you'll get is the $100.00 for lost/destroyed luggage. The advise was then to send it by freight where it can be cheaply insured for the full amount. Some even said it got better handling that way.

Anyone verify or refute this???

Lyle