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Flying with toddler/car seat
We've been flying with DD since she was 6 weeks old but she has always been a lap child. Now that she's 2, she'll have her own seat when we fly later this week so I was planning to bring her car seat for the plane. I was just looking at Southwest's website and it says the seat needs to be no wider than 16 inches. Hers is 18.5 (Britax Marathon). Has anyone else flown with a Marathon or Roundabout? Do I seriously have to buy a different car seat for the airplane??
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Re: Flying with toddler/car seat
I usually check the seat (either gatecheck or bag check). You can buy or rent a CARES harness if you want or just use the lap belt. Or buy a new carseat but that seems kind of silly.
DD -- 5YO
DS -- 3YO
Carseats usually have a tag if they are 'airline approved', that is all southwest ever looked at on DS's carseat. Check to see if yours has one. Heck NO I wouldn't purchase a different carseat for the airplane.
ETA: I LOVED flying w/ DS in his carseat. He was familiar with it and had no problem napping, since he did that in the car all the time.
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We took our Roundabout on the plane on SW and no one questioned the seat at all as far as width. They just have you put the carseat in a window seat. I don't imagine the Marathon is much bigger than the roundabout.
And I agree with Huskerlisa - flying with their familiar carseat is so much easier!
Growing Up Olson
Just ordered a CARES harness on amazon - thanks, Pesky!
I agree that she might do better in her familiar car seat but we have so much stuff to haul already that I don't know how we would carry her seat, too. Hopefully the harness and some good old fashioned bribes will keep her seated for the 2 hour flight. We'll find out on Thursday
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