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Flying...airport security, baggage costs tips...
We haven't flown since 2005. Anything I should be aware of? We are flying with our 5 y/o any tips for getting through the airport? Is he allowed a carry-on as well? Tips/Advice? TIA
Re: Flying...airport security, baggage costs tips...
Biggest piece of advice - give yourself plenty of time
Plan on paying to check your bag(s) unless you are on Southwest. If you are checking multiple bags, you'll save by checking one to each person versus all on one ticket because second bags typically have a higher fee.
Because your son has his own ticket, he can have his own carry on
My biggest tip (as a frequent flier) is to just bite the bullet and check your bag, even if it costs you a bit of money. Nothing is more aggravating for you (or those waiting behind you) to have to unload half your bag to go through security!
I don't have kids, but have flown with my SIL and niece and everyone has always been really helpful and understanding if things took her a bit longer and/or she needed help.
A person's a person no matter how small... even to the airlines. Well, as long as that person has their own ticket, which of course your 5yo will. So yeah, he gets his own carry-on. And you can check his carseat for free, or you can gate check it for free, or you can take it on the plane with you for him to sit in. (This is true of most "baby" stuff, but I'm guessing the carseat is the only baby stuff you have left at his age)
Make sure you're all wearing shoes that are easy to slip off and on. The process of security hasn't really changed that much, so walk your kid through what will happen. Stand in super long lines, a security person might ask him his name and if he knows where he's going, you have to put all your stuff on a belt just like at the grocery store - even your shoes - and they just look at it. You walk through a gate (metal detector), but you have to go one at a time and wait until they tell you to go... etc. Tell him about the crazy small bathrooms and how they look a little funny but it's still just a regular bathroom.
Kids under 12 don't have to take off their shoes.
Really, the only major change is the porno-scan machine, but you have a right to opt out if you don't want to go through it.
I never check a bag. I just make sure to have my laptop in a sleeve (you have to take it out of a bag, but can leave it in the slave) and liquids in an easily accessible pocket. I can whip that stuff out faster than most people can untie their shoes which is a totally useless skill when I'm still stuck waiting for them....