Iuki, are you removing your batteries before you get on the airplane to carry on? Is that why you needed a case?
Sorry - I feel like I missed a piece of the puzzle!
When we travel, I don’t check-in my foldable electric wheelchair. I drive my “hot wheels” up to the plane and it is placed on the plane in the compartment that stores the baby strollers. However, the airlines require you to remove the batteries and take them in the cabin with you. In fact, one of the airline crew members asked me if we had a bag for the batteries, which we didn’t at that time. To prevent damage to the batteries, we purchased the bag to protect them onboard the next time we fly.
On one particular flight, when I checked in my mobility
scooter before I purchased my electric wheelchair, the scooter was left on the dock and never loaded with our luggage. I didn’t get my scooter until the next day.
Recently on a flight to Tampa for a cruise, our baggage was put on a flight to TPA via LAX, and we were put on a flight to TPA via Chicago. We didn’t get our luggage until after the cruise returned to port a week later. Fortunately, I had my hot wheels with me, otherwise my wheelchair would have gone to LAX with our luggage. For the 7-day cruise, we had no clothes or toiletries. Fortunately, we were on a B2B cruise and had our luggage for the second leg of the cruise. Besides, I like having the use of my hot wheels at the airport while waiting to board.
I know it was a long response, but I wanted to explain why I don’t check in my hot wheels along with our luggage.
