TnT's Mom
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I have never flown Southwest before and it may be our only option for our trip to Florida (Gulf Coast) in a couple months. Are they a pain to deal with when using a carseat on the plane as far as their boarding process goes?
We generally book our seats 2 in front of 2...so window and middle and then window and middle behind that set of seats. This way younger DS only bumps older DS's seat with his feet. Will we have trouble getting 4 seats in this configuration the way that Southwest boards their planes? I am wavering on whether or not DS#2 will ride in his Nautilus on the plane this trip or if we will bring a HBB for the car rental instead. We would either have the Nautilus and one Compass HBB (which we have carried on all our other flights for DS #1) or two Compass HBB's if we don't take the Nautilus. Will we be able to find overhead compartment room for the boosters, especially if we are in the back of the line to get on?
If we don't take his Nautilus then the seating configuration isn't as big a deal as long as we can at least get 2 and 2 together or even 3 together and DH can sit alone. I am nervous about not taking the Nautilus for DS#2 though because though we don't do alot of driving while we are in Florida, we do venture to Busch Gardens one day and that road (Intertate 4, I think) makes me nervous so part of me still wants DS#2 harnessed. Also, we have to drive to and from the airport as well.
DH travels so much for business that when we fly, we generally fly one of the airlines that he has a zilllion miles on and boarding is never an issue because we get to get on right at the beginning of the boarding process and their is always overhead space available and not that many people on as I lug the Nautilus down the aisle.
We generally book our seats 2 in front of 2...so window and middle and then window and middle behind that set of seats. This way younger DS only bumps older DS's seat with his feet. Will we have trouble getting 4 seats in this configuration the way that Southwest boards their planes? I am wavering on whether or not DS#2 will ride in his Nautilus on the plane this trip or if we will bring a HBB for the car rental instead. We would either have the Nautilus and one Compass HBB (which we have carried on all our other flights for DS #1) or two Compass HBB's if we don't take the Nautilus. Will we be able to find overhead compartment room for the boosters, especially if we are in the back of the line to get on?
If we don't take his Nautilus then the seating configuration isn't as big a deal as long as we can at least get 2 and 2 together or even 3 together and DH can sit alone. I am nervous about not taking the Nautilus for DS#2 though because though we don't do alot of driving while we are in Florida, we do venture to Busch Gardens one day and that road (Intertate 4, I think) makes me nervous so part of me still wants DS#2 harnessed. Also, we have to drive to and from the airport as well.
DH travels so much for business that when we fly, we generally fly one of the airlines that he has a zilllion miles on and boarding is never an issue because we get to get on right at the beginning of the boarding process and their is always overhead space available and not that many people on as I lug the Nautilus down the aisle.