If you tell them at the main gate that you want to carry on the guitar, I’m sure they’ll tell you what you need to do at that point. Don’t know if they’d give you a tag at that point, but just ask them, they’ll tell you. If you give yourself an extra 20-30 minutes, you’ll be just fine, because you’ll have plenty of time to get your questions answered.
I don’t want to carry it on...just gate check it.
I’ll carry on the mando.
Such is the plan, anyway...
At least I’ll only have two instruments on the return trip. On the trip out, I’ll just have the mando, and that’s easy.
I still have to buy my tickets. :-\ They’ve gone up in price, of course. And I spent much of yesterday evening trying to decide if the airline made any difference. I’ll have a connecting flight no matter what I do, so I’ll likely have to gate check twice, I’d think. Guh.