Musician ordered to fly cello first-class

From The New York Post

The only music that some airlines apparently want to hear is the ka-ching of the cash register.

Musician Greg Beaver was tossed off a United Airlines flight last week after attendants told him that he had to buy a first-class ticket - for his cello.

Beaver, 33, a member of the Nebraska-based Chiara String Quartet, said he had already bought a coach ticket for the instrument - which requires its own boarding pass, has a frequent-flier account and has already racked up tens of thousands of miles.

But the airline refused to let him board with it when, at the last minute, the gate attendant protested that it wouldn't fit in the seat.

"It feels like the airlines are anti-music - flying is demoralizing enough, but as a musician, you're truly a second-class citizen," Beaver told The Post.

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