@Khofer wrote: One agent said that I do not need to have the birth certificate for the 4 yo's. (He then went on to say if I was worried, to go ahead and bring a copy.... but I don't have a copy yet that I could bring, or else I would!) My flight is in 3 days and I may not have time to get their certificates- (they were born in a different part of the state... so I'm kinda panicking. I have a newborn that will be a lap infant- flying free- and I DID get her a certified birth certificate to prove she is over 14 days and less than 2 yo. ... This version is correct - you do need the birth certificate for the infant, but not the twins. If it would make you more comfortable a recent immunization record from the pediatrician's office would also show birth dates and names for the twins as a helpful document (that you shouldn't actually need). We actually got our daughter (2 years old) a passport now to have as a durable identification, besides if an opportunity for international travel comes up on short notice. We flew a lot with her as an infant as well, so we did have a copy of the birth certificate in a protective sheath that was in the diaper bag full-time. Don't laminate it permanently though, the rules actually say that the paper documents should be able to be inspected.
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02-24-2018
12:53 PM
02-24-2018
12:53 PM
We do usually gate check the stroller and use it through the airport, but curbside everything else. I have seen boosters at MDW in the unclaimed section without any bag on them. That's probably fine - for the car seat and stroller we wanted the bag to protect them from scuffing/soiling. A distinctive bag also helps when deplaning and the bag isn't brought up for gate check yet and the captain or first officer offers to grab it - grab the blue bag! A couple of additional tips: If you are transfering flights you can have the stroller gate checked to the connection or to the final destination. Verify this, sometimes the stickers get printed out for the final when you are expecting it to be the intermediate, and vice versa would be worse. Get the stroller/bag with gate check stickers in advance of boarding, you don't want to have the gate agent call family boarding and still be zipping things up and getting your tags. Curbside attenant will need your age verification for any <2 y.o. lap babies. If your lap child is not in your lap when the FA is making the final count at the end of boarding, let them know that you have a lap child so they don't count them and delay takeoff. If the child is in your lap they be counted. You can search about milk...there are quite a few other tips on the community about liquids for babies.
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