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Effective June 1, new American Airlines rules re: travel with strollers
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Anonymous
Whether she deserves it or not, YOU do not deserve to gate-check it. That's what we're talking about here, isn't it? AA has set a limit on what you can gate-check. Just as other passengers can't bring items through security that won't fit through the scanner, parents can't bring strollers through security that are over a certain weight. Hardly a reason to storm the barricades, in my opinion. Regardless, "I want her napping in a BOB not in some dinky Target piece of crap" is a little absurd, don't you think? If it's too much of an imposition to comply with fairly innocuous rules, please feel free to stay home. |
Anonymous
| I travel alone with 2 toddlers all the time. I only take a sit-n-stroll convertible carseat-stroller for the youngest. I do that so I am not dealing with two carseats and a stroller. The only people who could even have a problem with this are parents of twins. Even then, you do not need a BOB jogging stroller for the airport! It is easier to travel light. They are doing you a favor. |
Anonymous
| The airlines have been super accommodating when I travel with my toddler and infant! They never charge me to check my pack-n-play, stroller bag, or carseat for the toddler. Not sure why everyone is so up in arms over this. They are a business not your personal assistants to take your huge stroller. The sooner your child can cope with changes and personal discomfort, the better equipped s/he will be for LIFE! |
Anonymous
I don't think they really care to be honest. |
Anonymous
I assure you it helped to keep the sanity of all 50 of us sitting on the floor for 8 hours overnight in Dubai waiting for the check in counter ppl to arrive and solve our problem. |
Anonymous
I don't really care about you think, to be honest. |
Anonymous
But, why do you need a gigantic stroller to accomplish this? A small one won't cut it? |
Anonymous
Who said I have a gigantic stroller? It's 27lbs with a huge basket (yup I can fit my diaper bag, personal item and carry in there) and fully reclines. It collapses and disassembles so it goes through the x-ray belt but still I can't bring it anymore. And nope there's no way I'll check it in. I can't hold my children for long periods of times and I must have an option. I've got stuck in different places too many times to trust anybody (any company) when I travel. I'm packing smart having my family in mind. Thanks. |
Anonymous
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I've endured long international flights and have been horrified to discover that my single stroller, which should have been gate-checked, was put down with the luggage. It can be difficult to carry a baby, along with a carseat, carry-on, etc., but there is no guarantee that your stroller will be there during a connection, so you need to prepare in the event that they put your stroller under the bird when you gate check it. Ideally, you'd want to use umbrellas strollers that can be stowed on board.
Did you know that some airlines will loan you a stroller to use in the airport? Did you know that tired babies will sleep in an umbrella stroller, regardless of whether it reclines? If you are traveling alone, carry the smallest child in a baby backpack and push the older one in an umbrella stroller. Or if your DH will be with you, have each of you push an umbrella stroller. |
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| My condolences to all of you that have to go through this. This is horrible. Horrible. I really have no words. My husband just got a decent raise and we are now considered upper middle class. But I'm now saddened at the things I'll have to endure. Deeply saddened. |
Anonymous
I think I love you. Luckily my husband and I just charter a private jet wherever we need to go. They let me jog in the aisle with my BOB. |
Anonymous
While you don't care what he or she thinks about you, what do you think about yourself? Do you honestly feel that you NEED a nice stroller for your children? Is it really that important? Of course not. It seems to me you are being defensive and trying to justify yourself. I did quite a bit of traveling when my little ones were infants and toddlers, and like you, I was almost always alone with them. I did desire a double stroller but I also wanted something light, easy, and maneuverable. I didn't require any bells or whistles, just something I could use easily and would fold away nicely. Oh, and something light. I used two umbrella strollers and those clips I had posted a link to earlier. They work really well and I loved that I was able to keep the two strollers together or separate them. |
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@09:51
I don't know why you all think I have a humongous stroller that doesn't fold. As I said before it's not enormous and I usually collapse it and send through the X-ray belt with our shoes and jackets. The problem is that it's over 20lbs. It folds flat and goes in a bag with the carseat if needed. oh, and I can do it with #1 by my side and #2 on my back. Unfortunately I can't stay with them like this for hours - often times a flight prep will take more than 2 hours. Again, I love the way we travel, it works for us so we're taking our business elsewhere. |
Anonymous
More incentive for me to fly AA. |
Anonymous
| I'm glad it works for you, PP. In the end both of us will fly happy. Isn't it great? Win-Win! |