Originally Posted by
travellerK
A number of follow up questions;
- How do you gate check a car seat?
- How do you lug it through the airport (I need to push a stroller and a carry on bag for all our equipment for a long trip)?
We flew United domestic SFO-OGG last week. We brought both the stroller and the car seat through security to the gate. Once at the gate, I asked for a gate check tag for the stroller. The stroller has it's own bag, which is very handy, and fits other things too. Walking through the airport, we put the car seat in the stroller and the baby in the car seat. Easy.
Originally Posted by
travellerK
- Would they even know with certainty that a seat will be available when we are boarding the plane?
- Any guess on the odds of seats being available?
I chose seats with an empty adjacent seat before checkin. At the gate, I asked if it was still free and it was one time. The other time, we gate checked the car seat. Later, a friend told me to always bring the car seat onto the plane and have the FAs check it if there wasn't a seat available. He had been told the flight was full, but it wasn't.
Originally Posted by
travellerK
- My baby will be way over 8 months, but I assume less than 10Kg when I fly. Will that work on Swiss?
- As far as I recall CARES is for over a year only. Is there a way I could use it for my 10 1/2 month old?
The problem with the bassinet being too small is if the baby will be uncomfortable, not whether the FAs will think the baby is too old. I guess you could try.
I don't have a CARES harness, so I don't know.