Booster seat on an airplane question??

[riu girl]

First flight with the kids. Have a 4 year old who uses a full back booster seat (not over the head harness baby car seat). I purchased it in Canada. I can't find a FAA sticker on it (or any other stickers at all). I vaguely remember his sister ripping off some stickers (red or orange ones maybe) when it belonged to her a couple years ago.

Will I be able to bring it on the plane? If not, will I be charged to check it at the check in counter?

Any adivce/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Suzy V.

 

[Captain Blue Sky]

Hi Suzy,
First of all, I returned your PM but was sent a message that your Inbox was full, so it was rejected... Sorry...

To answer your question: If it doesn't have an FAA sticker on the booster, and it doesn't have a restraint harness, it cannot be used inside a US carrier's aircraft for seating...

And no, there will be no charge for this to check it as it is part of your Free Baggage Allowance.

Hope you have fun in WDW!!

 

[riu girl]

Captain Blue Sky,

Thank you for the information.

We will still bring it anyway. We are renting a car in MCO for 2 weeks and the rental company charges $7 US/day for a car seat.

Suzy V

 

[NotUrsula]

I'll reiterate that no seat can be used on board an aircraft if it does not have an upper-body harness.

However, I want to remind folks who may be reading this that the mfr. of your carseat can supply you with a new aircraft approval sticker if yours is missing. Just call the mfr. 800 number and give them the serial number of the seat; they can send you a new set of stickers for it. All seats sold in the US after 1986 must have such a sticker; it will specify exactly what sort of vehicles that particular seat is approved for use in.

Check with your airline if you are flying a CA-based line, or if you are flying charter; it could be that the carseat WILL count against your checked baggage allowance. US law says that carseats don't count, but I don't know about Canadian law. I know that in the UK, carseats usually DO count against the checked baggage allowance.