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Old Mar 24, 2016 | 7:38 pm
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Originally Posted by SEA1K4EVR
Seems like this is one of those perfect no risk situations where you can bring the car seat to the gate and take your chances. If the flight ends up being really full at the end and you decide to not bother...gate check it. If not..you're allowed to bring it on board regardless and stow it if there's room somewhere.
Can you really bring a car seat on board if you're not using it (and I do mean this as a serious question)?

I would have thought you couldn't - we have a 1-year-old who flies as a lap child, but never ever thought to potentially bring the seat on board as a carry on - we always gate check. I always assumed it didn't make the dimensions allowed and pretty sure it's too high even setting it down length-wise, to fit in the overhead.
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