flying with buggies

[rachel4]

Advice please. I've only ever flown with a Micralite buggy before for a toddler. Now have a toddler and a baby. Does a Phil&Teds qualify as a 'travel fold up buggy' that the airlines say you can take?? And how about taking the pram bit for a normal buggy, is that allowed? And can you take a car seat and buggy and the pram bit all in your allowance??

many thanks.

[snowboarder]

We've taken our Phil and teds often - they ask at check in whether its a 1 or 2 part pram - which suggests a bugaboo type frame and carrycot is cool too. Not sure re car seats, we hire them usually.

[shaunag]

Car seat and buggy is fine with ba- don't know if that's all airlines- the website might say?

[mima08]

Hi, it varies by airline. Some of the cheap ones allow only the one-piece fold up plus another item (car seat OR travel cot), some specify that the other item can only be e.g. a car seat and some (Ryanair) only allow a buggy, nothing else. Best to check directly with the airline...cue: ages in the phone helpline....sorry!

Mx

[pilsbury]

all airlines have different policies - most of them cover it in the FAQ section of their website, so check their first

[amy30]

We recently took our Phil and teds to NZ on Singapore air. They were fine with us taking two bags for the buggy as we had the car seat attachment and a travel cot. They didn't weigh the bags as you can take them to the gate so we could even fit a few "extras" in!