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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another thing to consider--we have a baby and buy a seat for him. By federal law he must be in the window seat but it is not uncommon for there to be no window seats open when I book. I book the middle and aisle seat plus the nearest middle in that case (and have had at least one airline tell me to do this). At least once we were booking last minute for a family emergency and there were only middle seats, so I took the three closest to each other. That means some window rider gets bumped, and that sucks. But it's also the law and there's not much I can do about that (short of not flying, which is ridiculous).[/quote]

There is no such law. The law prohibits car seats in an exit row, but that's it.[/quote]

The law requires car seats to be in a window seat (or else requires that the window seat be empty--the car seat cannot be in the path of travel for another passenger in an emergency). [b]The airlines require that a ticketed baby be restrained in a car seat.[/b]

So, yes, technically no law requiring the baby to be in a window seat, but for all practical purposes, yes, that's the rule.[/quote]

What airlines require this? I don't think many do.[/quote]

Every airline we've flown has required this (United, American, Virgin America, Hawaiian, JetBlue). I thought it was required by FAA.

(Okay, curious so I just looked it up. Looks like JetBlue does not, in fact, require it---if your baby can sit upright he can sit in the airplane seat on his own, though personally I think that's nuts. They do require that infant seats be in window seats unless the window is unoccupied. The other major airlines all appear to require a car seat for a child who is not being held, and several specifically note that an infant with his own paid seat must be in a child restraint.) [/quote]

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