flying with car seat but no baby
Jun 15, 2019, 10:02 am
#1
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Europe
Posts: 18
flying with car seat but no baby
Hi,
I am flying EDI-LHR-DXB in July and I will be almost 7 months pregnant. I live in Dubai and wanted to get my car seat in the UK as it is much cheaper. I am flying Club - but will the car seat (probably in it's box) be one of my pieces of luggage, if I have 2 bags already will I have to pay for it or will the nice check in people let me fly with it for free?
Any experience with this?
thanks.
I am flying EDI-LHR-DXB in July and I will be almost 7 months pregnant. I live in Dubai and wanted to get my car seat in the UK as it is much cheaper. I am flying Club - but will the car seat (probably in it's box) be one of my pieces of luggage, if I have 2 bags already will I have to pay for it or will the nice check in people let me fly with it for free?
Any experience with this?
thanks.
Jun 15, 2019, 10:40 am
#2
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: London
Programs: Ba Silver ( for now!)
Posts: 775
Buy a big cardboard box. Put the seat in it and pack the rest of your things around it.
The allowable box dimensions are huge ( I take some very strange baggage with boat parts in regularly).
I cant see them letting you check 3 pieces for free.
The allowable box dimensions are huge ( I take some very strange baggage with boat parts in regularly).
I cant see them letting you check 3 pieces for free.
Jun 15, 2019, 11:13 am
#4
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Europe
Posts: 18
Thank you. Will look into a very large box for my 2nd piece of luggage. The other option is to get it shipped to the UAE from a German store which is only slightly more expensive than buying in the UK.....
In terms of why is it more expensive for a car seat? Nearly everything is more expensive in the UAE - clothes, furniture, shower gel - you name it. I try to buy as much as possible when visiting home and bring it back with me. It's not unheard of for people to bring back bags full of cheese. I usually stick to all the clothes I can pack!
In terms of why is it more expensive for a car seat? Nearly everything is more expensive in the UAE - clothes, furniture, shower gel - you name it. I try to buy as much as possible when visiting home and bring it back with me. It's not unheard of for people to bring back bags full of cheese. I usually stick to all the clothes I can pack!
Jun 15, 2019, 8:41 pm
#6
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Middle Earth, and often worse
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Jun 15, 2019, 11:48 pm
#7
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 834
I carried four dining chairs to Spain a couple of years ago as part of my luggage allowance.. removed the legs and stacked the seat parts together and they all fitted nicely in a packing box. - I bought a locking strap to go around the box just in case it suffered any damage in transit. Didn’t think to pack other stuff around the gaps!!
Jun 15, 2019, 11:52 pm
#8
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: London
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