Toddler car seat on ba flight-advice please!

[shaunag]

Hi.just wanted to check if anyone has done this? Lo is 10kg and sits in a forward facing car seat.the ba website says car seat is included in under 2's allowance in addition to a pushchair.my question is has anyone taken a toddler car seat on a flight,and if so,did you check it in or carry it on?its really heavy,so would prefer to check in,but then imagine it would need to get packaged somehow so it doesn't get damaged?been a long day so may be being dense but dont know how this works.car rental co other end won't guarantee a car seat will be available with the rental so would like to take advantage if can figure out logistics!any advice would be really appreciated. Many thanks!

[gebbjane]

Hi I flew to Italy recently on BA with my 23 month, i checked in our car seat as did not want to be carrying it onto the flight. Did not pack it up in anything, had no problems checking it in and it did not get damaged.

[buggie]

I bought a car seat on the kiddicare website (about ?40) to take away with us (reg car seat is isofix & didnt fancy lugging it around!). Checked both that & the buggy in as Bugglet's allowance. I bought carseat travel bags (?12 each) for peace of mind esp with the buggy & both came out on the carousel without any problem.

[shaunag]

That's really helpful-thanks for letting me know.im a bit wary as the last flight I went on my buggy was broken when it came out of the carousel-it did get fixed eventually and dropped back to our home by the airline,but we were without a buggy for our entire trip.great idea to buy a bargain car seat for the journey-they are so expensive to hire and you don't know what you are going to get.thanks again! Shauna