Booking the flight
To start with, eighteen months ago, I adopted a little girl. To be exact, my girlfriend and I adopted her great-granddaughter. Previously, we fostered her eleven months. This week she turns three years old.
Since her birth, she’s flown on four separate occasions. First things first, her very first flight she flew to Seattle, Washington.. She celebrated her seventeen months birthday the day before boarding the flight to attend a wedding. One hour and forty-five minutes later the flight landed, and so she did marvelously, and we did not do as well.
We are Southwest Rapid Rewards members and we book our flights through the Southwest App. The lap baby requires an additional step. First, make the payment to confirm the seat. Second, call the Southwest reservation line and get her added to one of the tickets as a lap baby. Our approval by Transportation Security Agency (TSA) means she receives the same blessing.
TSA approval is a must for frequent flyers, the low cost for approval for the purpose of worry-free flying is great. Additionally, the prescreening must renew every 5-years.
Checking in
As a consequence of fly with a lap baby checking in online is pointless. You must check in at the counter. But even so, it is ok because they make sure the child is yours. we showed adoption papers, birth certificate, social security card and immunization records. Only the yellow card would do. More importantly, they printed our boarding passes. The boarding pass for the lap-baby is attached to the back of one of the paying travelers. As a result the traveler must have the baby at the security check point and to board the flight.
On-board
We cleared security, checked the stroller with the host as check bag. The “A” boarding group, allowed us to find the seats we wanted mid-plane. Since there were two family members accompanying us, the baby did not get bored. Additionally, lessons learned, no milk on planes. Bring your own.
With the little one no ear problems, thanks to sucking no stopp on a pacifier. On the trip home, the lap baby slept the entire flight. In conclusion, we thanked the Father above.
