Originally Posted by
jammin
Regarding my son's car seat, I had intended on wrapping it in cling film in order to keep it clean and dry and also to stop the straps dangling. On the other hand, I could take it on board and have my son sit in it during the flight as was suggested. I'm honestly not sure whether he's be more comfortable sitting / sleeping in the car seat or in the actual aeroplane seat. Oh, thinking about it, would a car seat fit in the overhead locker on a 757? Maybe we could take the car seat on board and just place it in the overhead locker if preferred.
How old is your son? Carseat use may be required in cabin if he's small. Caution: carseat must be "FAA approved" for flight use. Some FAs have been known to make up their own rules about car seats on the spot, which is an annoyance. Seat may be permitted only in a window seat. No way will the seat fit in an overhead bin; suggest you take it on board and try to use it, then permit crew to gate-check it into the hold if it doesn't work out and it can't be stowed elsewhere in the cabin.
Originally Posted by jammin
Thinking of the 757, I had noticed it's a smaller aircraft than the 747 which we normally fly on when we fly long haul to Asia. 747s are 3-4-3 seating, whereas 757s appear to be 3-3 seating only. Does this mean that 757s are tiny?
No. It's a single-aisle aircraft with the same fuselage diameter of the 707, 727, and 737. People survived transatlantic crossings in the 707 for 25 years. This latter-day squeamishness about crossing the Atlantic in a single-aisle airplane is silly. You'll be fine, and besides, SNN-JFK is a relatively short transatlantic crossing, barely longer than your JFK-LAX leg.