Check it at the curb. Is your husband driving you to the airport? He can hand it straight to the gate agent. I might be wrong, but I don't think the rented seat will be installed, so I think that's on you either way.

Anonymous wrote:Lower LATCH anchors have been required on all seats since 2002. How the heck old are these rental seats without LATCH???

I am PP who said the seats don't have latch. They remove the latch from the car seat as a safety/liability precaution, because latch is only effective to a certain weight, and Avis, et al, don't want to be responsible for weighing your kid. I have also only rented comfortable/5 point boosters, never a bucket seat. The buckets may still have latch.

If I were in OP's situation, I would rent a seat. Again, I have never had an issue with the company not having a seat, or it being dirty, and I like to travel light (toddler in carrier, diapers and wipes in my tote bag, shared suitcase and buy everything else we need at our destination).

But if OP doesn't want to rent, she should take a snap n go with bucket (no base), and put her wallet and phone in the diaper bag, to eliminate a carry-on. Baby goes in bucket in stroller, carry diaper bag, done. But she's still going to have to use the seatbelt to install the bucket.

I concur with the posters who advise that you check your car seat. If you really don't want to do that, see if there is a baby gear rental company in the area you're traveling to. Sometimes they do drop-offs at the airport.

Take your carseat. Hopefully they will give you a seat so you can buckle the baby in on the flight when you can. Flying only gets harder with kids until they get to like 4. Infant seats are absolutely the easiest seats to take on a flight. So much easier than convertibles.

Lower LATCH anchors have been required on all seats since 2002. How the heck old are these rental seats without LATCH???