Flying with an infant

doxgirl · January 2011

For those of you that have flown with an infant, did you purchase a separate seat for your child?

I am leaning toward getting W his own seat, but DH thinks that we don't need to. If you didn't get a seat what did you do with the car seat. Check it? Or were you able to check it at the gate?

JENFEF21 · January 2011

I flew with Amelia when she was 2 months and my sister flew with my niece at 9-1/2 months. We did about a two hour flight to/from Chicago, and neither one of us got extra seats for the girls. Amelia slept the whole time both ways, and my neice slept a good portion of both trips. To save myself the hassle, I got a car seat with my rental car. I was a little apprehensive about what we'd be getting, but it was a Graco that looked barely used. (My sister borrowed a seat from family for the trip.) I know for sure you can gate check a stroller without being charged and I think you can do the same with a car seat. I'd check out your airlines website - we were able to find out everything we wanted to know with a little digging around on American Airlines website.

doxgirl · January 2011

Thanks for the info. We are flying on Allegiant (which I am not a fan of and their site isn't the greatest) but I'll check to see what I can find out. We are going to visit family and won't be getting a rental car and nobody has a seat we can borrow.

Edit: I did find that we can gate check the stroller and infant seat.

justrachet · January 2011

We didn't buy Nate his own seat. We didn't take a stroller - I carried him in the Baby Bjorn through the airports. And my friend we were visiting found a carseat to borrow (and a pack n play), so we didn't have to take that with us either. On almost every flight, I noticed other parents gate checking carseats and strollers. While it would have been nice to put Nate in his carseat to sleep during the flights (especially the 8 and 10 hour ones), it wasn't worth paying the extra money for a seat.

Mrs.ABC · January 2011

We have flown with Brock 5 or 6 times now and have never gotten him his own seat. You can check your stroller and car seat at the gate for free. I don't think it's worth the money....

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