Have fun bringing your luggage and to carry your baby all the way through the airport, security and then waiting for it to arrive at the luggage belt? What if you have twins? I was able to find this information about a fellow traveler that after months of harassing American Airlines he finally got reimbursed for a broken stroller.
Customers can use strollers or folding wagons throughout the airport, but they must be checked at the departure gate. No strollers or folding wagons of any size are permitted as a carry-on item. Large, non-collapsible strollers or non-folding wagons cannot be checked at the gate, so please see a United representative at the airport check-in counter to check these items. Have you ever seen any parents who would like to check the stroller at the gate and bring a box for it?
I mean, seriously, what kind of policy is this?! Basically, United is saying that they could just loose or break your stroller and have no responsibility for it. The Customer may check the stroller and CRS or car seat at the curb, ticket counter, or gate. We will allow you to carry a stroller onboard the aircraft without counting against your allotted carry-on baggage allowance if you are traveling with a child using the stroller, and there is room on the aircraft for the stroller to be stowed safely beneath the seat in front of you or in and overhead compartment.
If your stroller cannot be accommodated on the cabin of our aircraft, we will accept it for travel in the baggage compartment as a gate checked item. Upon arrival, we will return your stroller to you at the arrival gate.
If you chose to check any of these items at the check-in counter or gate-check , it will not count as one of your checked bags and there is no fee assessed. However, you can pick up a disposable umbrella stroller at the airport.
I personally would be very careful flying on Qatar with a baby that requires extra things. For my recent two trips on Qatar my husband and I were asked to check our expensive camera gear because they only allowed us to have 7 kg of hand luggage on board yes, they weighted it everywhere! Qatar provides you with baby equipment on board, such as a small toy, diaper bag 2 diapers, 4 wipes, baby lotion, and baby powder , baby meal, and toys, so you can meet their hand luggage weight requirement.
You can keep your buggy or pram with you until just before boarding; it will be handed back to you immediately after landing. We also have spare nappies on board for emergencies. With Lufthansa, children under two have a free baggage allowance of one bag weighing up to 23 kg.
A car seat or folding buggy or pram or a baby seat may be transported as carry-on baggage free of charge. For each child you may always bring 1 collapsible buggy free of charge on any KLM flight.
If the buggy of max. Where facilities allow for it, you may wheel your child in the tagged buggy to the departure gate. At the gate, the buggy must be handed in for loading. Some gate agents will take all of the strollers and pile them up by the door.
A crew member will take the pile down ahead of time. Other agents will ask you to drop it off at the jet way. When in doubt, ask the gate agent what you should do.
Sometimes, you may need to use a little body language to make your case. Simply look at the gate agent, point at your stroller, point at the plane and give the gate agent a shrug.
Do not get frustrated or angry if you are asked to check your items in the cargo hold. Every country has different rules for different reasons.
Folded carseat, window airport, infant, toddler, jetway, and gate agents via ShutterStock. I find that the tough part is explaining to a young flight attendant about how a rear facing car seat must be installed in the rear facing orientation when she insists otherwise…. What do you use to protect your car seat and stroller when you gate check it?
Does it get banged up by the luggage guys? I am travelling soon and worried about our car seat and stroller getting damaged. I use a carseat carrier and stroller carrier. JL Childress has a great one that is backpack style! If you check it with your luggage you should be able to check it in a box, but call the airline to double check.
Airlines refer to strollers, but never the bassinet part. We are travelling with our baby who uses the bassinet, not the seat. Does the bassinet stroller also travel for free?
The frame collapses as well as the hood of the bassinet, but the bassinet itself does not collapse. Anyone have this issue? Normally you can gate check this as well with no problem. IF you think it can fit in the overhead and is as small or smaller than a carry on suitcase, you could also ask if you can bring it as carry on luggage too.
The greatest advantage of an umbrella stroller is that they can fold up very easily for storage and they are extremely light. Thanks for the amazing article. As a parent, my first priority is to keep my kids safe. I have to travels a lot around the world with my a baby. I noticed that Emirates is not mentioned but I would like to share my experience if it will help someone else.
I flew jet blue and connected with Emirates to Africa with my baby and it was a great experience. Jet blue allowed me to check my large jogging stroller and car seat at the gate with no issues and no weighing or measuring. Emirates did the same without batting an eye.
I had two flights with Emirates. It had some scratches on the side but was in great condition otherwise for an 18 hr journey on two different planes. But for those of u wondering what to do, Emirates offers free stroller services upon landing in Dubai so we had a stroller not far from the arrival terminal. Emirates and jet blue are GREAT with kids and I would recommend them to anyone with kids who has the option to choose those airlines.
Note: Emirates and jet blue also allow a 50lb checked bag and a small carry on for lap infants. I was impressed. Preparing to do it again next month on our return trip.
Would you happen to know if a stroller car seat combo will be considered 1 item? Or I have to pay to check in her car seat? Recently traveled on Air France and was disappointed that my gate checked stroller was not available for my long layover in Paris- they checked it to my final destination! Traveling soon on Delta and have again layover.
What about KLM? I really think it depends on the airport. I have heard of this happening for layovers in London Heathrow as well. Best bet is to contact your airline to see if they have any insight. We will be traveling to Europe with a four-month old Lap Ticket. We would like to gate check a stroller and a car seat or a travel system ; have you tried this?
Hi Sammie! I have done both. It really depends on the airline if they will charge you extra for it. Air Canada and Southwest did not charge us but it was a few years back. Hi I am flying alone with my 9 months baby to Miami and I am worried about moving along the airport specially to the parking to rent a car with baby, stroller, car seat and bags.
Is it possible renting a cart? Need ideas please! Hi Lourdes! You can take them to the car rental areas. We plan on gate checking the stroller at the airplane steps. Would it be worth labelling the bag with the word buggy in Spanish!!! Wow—I had to Google the stroller and is it ever tiny! Does Ryanair give out Gate Check tags to clearly label your stuff?
Happy Travels! I have planning for the next trip with my family. And i found your blog with helpful. Can you inform me in airport they have charged extra for this? And if it then how much it is? Thanks in advance for giving me the clarification also for the sharing such a informative article. When he was 22 months old so he in fact still qualified as a lap tyke we chose to spring for his own seat, and brought his auto situate on board.
He was certifiably not a super snuggly little child and would not like to be shaken to rest in our arms. At that age he was excessively versatile and wiggly, making it impossible to need to sit with us for long.
I was looking for some trustworthy info. Thank you!! I just got a BOB stroller travel bag to be able to check our stroller with southwest. Will i be charged an oversized baggage fee or do strollers not count towards that luggage rule? Do you have any information about the policies of Icland Airlines and how many items they allow to be checked at the gate? Hi Alisson! A stroller and car seat or carrying basket are always included. Children years old Children aged years old have the same baggage allowance as an adult traveling in the same class.
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