Originally Posted by
lenny851
Hi All,
My wife and I will need to bring our daughter on a plane, she will be under 2. I know I can bring her as a lap child, however, I need a car seat at my destination, as we have someone picking us up but they don't have any car seats.
From reading on United:
http://www.united.com/web/en-US/cont...nfant.aspx--if there is an empty seat, I can put the car seat there, however, if the flight is full(I'm assuming it will) the flight is flown on a regional jet, it states "the item must be stowed in an approved storage space"
my question is what is the approved storage space? I don't really want to check in the car seat as I'm worried it could be damaged.
This would be somewhat of a late notice flight and the prices are running close to $500 so I am trying to avoid buying a 3rd seat.
Any other suggestions are greatly welcome
thank you in advance
Lenny
Car seat also has to be FAA certified (and to be 100% honest, I *assume* the modern ones are, but when looking, can't find anything on a carseat which would say so).
Look at the seatmap. If it looks even remotely full (ie, all economy seats are full), then just check your carseat at the ticket counter. Usually they'll throw a plastic bag around it. It'll come out OK.
Otherwise, you'll likely end up gate-checking it with your stroller.