Stroller At Airport

Stroller/Pram

- Suggestion to buy a spare/cheap/light weight for travel. Leave your priced stroller/pram at home because there are many incidents of damage upon arrival. 

 - Be prepared that some airlines complaint department may not refund or appease you for the damage of your stroller/pram.

- If not checked in, get a tag from staff when you check in your luggages at the counter. Gate check it when you arrive at the boarding gate. Either the ground crew or the loading staff will approach you.

- When you come to the security checks, be prepared to carry or guide baby through the arches while stroller to be folded and be put through the scanner.

- Your stroller can be brought all the way to boarding gate and gate check it. Remember to empty basket before folding it for gate check. Make sure it stays close. Use Velcro if it does not.

- You may want to buy a stroller bag or bubble wrap to protect the stroller/pram.

- Some airports with free stroller use at transit or arrival but stroller may not recline.

- Usually not included as baggage allowance for most airlines.




Airlines with Free Usage of Stroller

Apparently at the moment very few airlines provide this service... 
 

Emirates- at Dubai Airport only
Etihad- at Abu Dhabi airport only ( Terminal 3)
Qatar- At Doha airport only. 
ANA - Narita, Kansa, Chubu Centrair Intl and Kamatsu.
JAL - Narita, Kansai, Chubu Centrair Intl and Kamatsu
Qantas - see below.

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