Car Seats on a Plane

We are planning some domestic US travel, and we'll need a rental car at
out destination. Is it better to bring our car seats for our 3-year
olds, or rely on a the car rental company to provide them?

Any comments welcome.

Buck Turgidson wrote:
> We are planning some domestic US travel, and we'll need a rental car at
> out destination. Is it better to bring our car seats for our 3-year
> olds, or rely on a the car rental company to provide them?

I'd bring it. There was a good reason why you chose to buy that
particular child seat and not the others. God knows, what the rental
company would give you - if at all (AFAIK they never guarantee a child
seat).

You can check in the child seat - no problems at all

"Bernhard Mayer" <usenetbox@jet2web.cc> wrote in message
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>
>
> Buck Turgidson wrote:
>> We are planning some domestic US travel, and we'll need a rental car at
>> out destination. Is it better to bring our car seats for our 3-year
>> olds, or rely on a the car rental company to provide them?
>
> I'd bring it. There was a good reason why you chose to buy that
> particular child seat and not the others. God knows, what the rental
> company would give you - if at all (AFAIK they never guarantee a child
> seat).
>
> You can check in the child seat - no problems at all

Can you? Aren't they like crash helmets, once you've dropped
them from a height you have to throw them away.
Or is this rule history?

tim

Timothy J. Lee wrote:
> In article <11ei640t59msuc8@corp.supernews.com>,
> Captain Dondo <yan@NsOeSiPnAeMr.com> wrote:
>
>>But you can gate-check most car seats with no problem.
>
>
> Wouldn't it be possible to avoid checking the child seat in by just
> strapping it to the airplane seat with the seat belt, then strapping
> the infant or small child into it?
>

Not all airlines allow car seats on. Not all car seats fit into plane
seats. Also, on most of the sardine packed planes, it's really easy for
the kid to kick the seat in front while seated in a car seat. YMMV.

Captain Dondo wrote:
> Timothy J. Lee wrote:
> > In article <11ei640t59msuc8@corp.supernews.com>,
> > Captain Dondo <yan@NsOeSiPnAeMr.com> wrote:
> >
> >>But you can gate-check most car seats with no problem.
> >
> >
> > Wouldn't it be possible to avoid checking the child seat in by just
> > strapping it to the airplane seat with the seat belt, then strapping
> > the infant or small child into it?
> >
>
> Not all airlines allow car seats on. Not all car seats fit into plane
> seats. Also, on most of the sardine packed planes, it's really easy for
> the kid to kick the seat in front while seated in a car seat. YMMV.

We always bring our own (domestic us travel). I've never heard of an
airline that disallows them. Your kid will be safer and happier. If
it won't fit in the seat (I've never seen that happen) they will check
it for you. Also eliminates any worry, delays or added fees that you
might encounter if you get one from a rental agency. Lugging it around
is no big deal for the short distances required.

>airline that disallows them. Your kid will be safer and happier. If
>it won't fit in the seat (I've never seen that happen) they will check
>it for you.

Some US car seats are FAA approved for planes, some aren't. It says on
the seat. Dunno about UK seats.

John R. Levine wrote:
> >airline that disallows them. Your kid will be safer and happier. If
> >it won't fit in the seat (I've never seen that happen) they will check
> >it for you.
>
> Some US car seats are FAA approved for planes, some aren't. It says on
> the seat. Dunno about UK seats.

I don't doubt that, but I wonder how FAA approval is written into
specific regulations and how they may be interpreted or enforced. I've
flown with a child in a car seat several times and no one has ever paid
any attention to the seat. Maybe they can tell at a glance that it's
ok.

"lenny fackler" <trux.royale@> wrote in message
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>
> John R. Levine wrote:
>> >airline that disallows them. Your kid will be safer and happier. If
>> >it won't fit in the seat (I've never seen that happen) they will check
>> >it for you.
>>
>> Some US car seats are FAA approved for planes, some aren't. It says on
>> the seat. Dunno about UK seats.
>
> I don't doubt that, but I wonder how FAA approval is written into
> specific regulations and how they may be interpreted or enforced. I've
> flown with a child in a car seat several times and no one has ever paid
> any attention to the seat. Maybe they can tell at a glance that it's
> ok.

Will the OP please re-inform me of ( probably ) *her* flight details. In the
event we should wind up on the same flight, it will give me the opportunity
to switch to first class, that I will be able to avoid being in the same
section as someone filled with so much rubbish and thoughtlessness as to
consider doing such a thing.