02-24-2019
02:35 PM
I don’t believe they will. I’m not even sure it is allowed for safety reasons. When my daughter was that age I put her in an Ergo carrier as I boarded/disembarked from planes. Also freed up my hands as I needed a hand for the car seat and another for our carryon luggage.
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02-22-2019
10:17 AM
02-22-2019
10:17 AM
You mention that you are a solo traveler. I don't believe that airlines allow more than one car seat to a set of 3 seats. At least, that was the case (for safety reasons) when my daughter was younger. The car seat had to be placed in the window seat. Personally, I chose to hold my daughter on my lap until she was 2 years old. This worked well for us. Once she was 2 I chose to bring her car seat on board for about 2 years. After that I checked the car seat. The reason this worked for us is that she was very comfortable in her car seat and travelled well in it. She didn't feel the need to get up and down or squirm away as she was used to her car seat and played/slept comfortably in it. One time when she was about 3 (we were travelling with a different airline that trip), we boarded at 10pm only 2 have a 2 hour delay on the tarmac as they fixed an issue with the plane. As it was past her bedtime, once I installed her car seat and buckled her in she promptly fell asleep. Our flight left at midnight and she slept the entire 5 hour flight too. She woke up as we were taxing to our arrival gate and asked when we were going to fly. 🙂 For us, using her carseat on the plane for ages 2-4 really worked well.
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02-22-2019
09:57 AM
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My understanding is that family boarding (between Groups A and B) is for 2 adult per 1 child age 6 and under. Is this correct? We fly to and from Orlando often so there are higher numbers of people flying with children. I understand that. What I find frustrating is that it seems there is little to no policing of how many people board in a family group. Even though there may only be 1 child age 6 or under, the entire family lines up with them and boards together, sometimes including grandparents, etc. I have seen groups of 6 or more people in the family boarding even though there is only 1 child with them. I pay for EBCI to allow for my 9yo and I to sit together. There are times when we have almost been separated, even with purchasing EBCI, as so many people use the family boarding to board their entire party. Are they allowed to do this and if so, I just need to relax and take what seats we can get. But, if boarding the entire family is not what the policys entails, I wish SW would begin checking who boards with the family groups and having 'extras' board with their properly assigned boarding pass numbers.
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