Originally Posted by
DaveInLA
My wife and I are flying with our baby on WN for the first time in May. She’ll be just over 1 at the time of flights. We do want to carry on the infant car seat so she gets her own seat and will pay for it if we have to. But I suspect the flights won’t be full. If we don’t get her a ticket and plan to fly with her as a lap infant (gate-check the stroller) and it turns out the flights are not full, can we just bring in the car seat and have her take a seat?
First make sure you have your daughter listed as a lap child on your reservation (you’ll need proof of age with you during travel). Day of travel if flight is not full they’ll allow you to bring on car seat and use a seat for your daughter. Make sure carseat has label saying it’s FAA approved to use on plane. If not you can gate check stroller and car seat for free.