Anonymous
04/13/2023 06:48
Subject: Does a booster seat count as carry on when flying?
No, it doesn’t count. Just gate check it.
Anonymous
04/13/2023 06:47
Subject: Does a booster seat count as carry on when flying?
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.
Anonymous
04/13/2023 06:45
Subject: Re:Does a booster seat count as carry on when flying?
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.
Anonymous
04/13/2023 06:44
Subject: Does a booster seat count as carry on when flying?
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.
Anonymous
04/13/2023 06:38
Subject: Re:Does a booster seat count as carry on when flying?
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.
Anonymous
04/13/2023 06:35
Subject: Does a booster seat count as carry on when flying?
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.
Anonymous
04/13/2023 06:32
Subject: Does a booster seat count as carry on when flying?
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.
Anonymous
04/12/2023 21:07
Subject: Does a booster seat count as carry on when flying?
What airline op?
Anonymous
04/12/2023 17:53
Subject: Does a booster seat count as carry on when flying?
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.