If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. A world-renowned cellist says Delta Air Lines made him feel like a ?master criminal? after the carrier banished him from its frequent flier program for collecting miles whenever he paid for an extra seat for his instrument. Image: Courtesy Lynn Harrell Cellist Lynn Harrell found himself on Delta's naughty list. Lynn Harrell travels all over the world to perform and always buys a second full fare ticket for his cello, which is too delicate and valuable to fly as checked baggage. A travel agent set up a separate Delta SkyMiles account for the instrument 15 years ago under the name ?Cello Harrell? and Harrell collected frequent flier miles for both himself and his stringed companion without any problems for more than a decade. ?They kept giving me miles,? Harrell told NBC News. That ended with a terse letter from the airline in January ? an incident Harrell shared on his blog on Monday in a post titled, ?No miles for you!? ?It has come to our attention that you have continued to earn miles for your cello even after you were advised in 2001 that this was not permitted,? the letter, signed by SkyMiles auditor Jonsey Vee, reads. It goes