Traveling with a Britax

asubarbiegirl

I'm not sure this is the right board to post this on, but I have no idea where else to ask.

I will be traveling by plane with my 2 1/2 year old. All previous flights with her, she was a lap child. Now she will have her own seat. 

I desperately want her to have a restraint and it makes sense to bring her carseat. However, we have the Britax Marathon 70 and the product spec online say the width is 18.5 in. The max that Southwest says will work is 16in.

So, my question is...Has anyone flown with a Britax Marathon 70 on Southwest before? Did the car seat fit? If we need to put the arm rests up, we can...it's just my husband and me in the row with her.

What are my other options? I've seen a CARES harness, but that is $70 and it's hard to justify that when it's 1 roundtrip flight.

Another thought is that my son will be transitioning to a convertible car seat in the next few months. Do I get a slimmer car seat for him and use it for her now? Any recommendations?

Thanks for your help!

CougFan

We have done it too. I would still ask for extender, I did not and after it was tightened it was hard to unhooked and the belt almost got stuck on the seat. The other thing I wasn't prepared for was how much DS would KICK the seat in front of him!! That was a nightmare.

asubarbiegirl

Thanks for the replies. Makes me feel a little less stressed about the car seat situation. My daughter kicks my seat in the car sometimes and I point out that it's "not nice"...so I'm hoping she won't do that on the plane.

CougFan

Also, (and take this with a grain of salt) the seat is HEAVY for travel!  We were able to rig it to a rolling suitcase with a bungee cord and the anchor strap.  Got it on there tight enough where we buckled DS (18 months at the time) into it.

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mom2b22013

We traveled with our Britax Marathon and it worked out well. Yes its heavy and a pain but it worked out.