Does a booster seat count as carry on when flying?

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[Post New]04/12/2023 17:53
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:A booster seat does nothing on a plane nor can you even secure it.


Sorry misread, you just want to carry it on? Depends how many other bags you have. Probably be easier to just gate check.
[Post New]04/12/2023 21:07
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Anonymous
What airline op?
[Post New]04/13/2023 06:32
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:How old is she? I got an inflatable booster seat on Amazon. It fits in my purse and feels safe enough when we were in Ubers.


We have inflatable boosters too, but I just saw that they are no longer recommended.

https://www.iihs.org/news/detail/new-research-raises-questions-about-inflatable-booster-seats#:~:text=Based%20on%20the%20belt-fit%20criteria%2C%20the%20BubbleBum%20and,information%2C%20IIHS%20has%20removed%20them%20from%20the%20ratings.
[Post New]04/13/2023 06:35
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:If anyone is wondering I spent like an hour on hold with spirit and they told me to check it. Which seems so silly because I don’t have other checked luggage. And it’s a backless booster so it hardly takes any room on the plane. Spirit charges more for checked luggage than carry on so the overhead bins are always empty.


It’s not silly, it takes up space. Put it in a bag, now it’s a carry on.
[Post New]04/13/2023 06:38
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Anonymous
OP, I flew at Christmas with a backless booster (Alaskan Air). We carried it on and put it overhead, no issue. Tie it to your other carryon if you're worried.
[Post New]04/13/2023 06:44
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:How old is she? I got an inflatable booster seat on Amazon. It fits in my purse and feels safe enough when we were in Ubers.


We have inflatable boosters too, but I just saw that they are no longer recommended.

https://www.iihs.org/news/detail/new-research-raises-questions-about-inflatable-booster-seats#:~:text=Based%20on%20the%20belt-fit%20criteria%2C%20the%20BubbleBum%20and,information%2C%20IIHS%20has%20removed%20them%20from%20the%20ratings.

It’s not that they aren’t recommended anymore by this agency doing this study. They are unrated because they need more research. As a car seat tech we still recommended using these in place of no seat at all to get proper belt fit.
[Post New]04/13/2023 06:45
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:OP, I flew at Christmas with a backless booster (Alaskan Air). We carried it on and put it overhead, no issue. Tie it to your other carryon if you're worried.


Sounds like she’s on Spirit, they charge everything even carry ons.
[Post New]04/13/2023 06:47
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:A booster seat does nothing on a plane nor can you even secure it.


Sorry misread, you just want to carry it on? Depends how many other bags you have. Probably be easier to just gate check.


This is the obvious solution but she said She doesn’t want to gate check bc she would have to wait after her flight at baggage claim and isn’t checking anything else.
[Post New]04/13/2023 06:48
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Anonymous
No, it doesn’t count. Just gate check it.
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