Originally Posted by
Aroeder
My daughter is now 15 month old and is starting to get too big for her Doona but it has been a life saver. We always travel with it and just gate check it.
We use it in the airport and then I put it in the non padded travel bag and gate check it. We have not had any real issues with it being gate checked.
We have taken her domestically all over the US and Internationally to Europe.
The travel bag actually works out quite well as we bring a Boppy pillow for the plane and I keep it in the Doona bag among with few other things and wear it like a backpack. Once we get to the gate I take those things out that we want to bring on the plane and put the stroller in the bag. I hope this helps.
Best of luck!
So we got burned a few times with gate checking the Doona - the worst example was returning to PHL in Business Class at the front of the plane on an international flight. After deplaning, normally they're pretty quick getting seats and strollers up...but not today. It took them about 15 minutes to bring it to the ramp. Meanwhile as i waited - the entire 747 full of passengers deplaned. That 15 minutes meant that we were basically dead last getting through customs - took more than 90 minutes. All told - gatechecking cost us about 2 extra hours at the airport after a long International trip.
We're flying transcon in J a330 this weekend with the Doona - i think i'm going to try and bring it on board and stow overhead and see if i can get it to fit.