To ask about crutches in luggage on a flight

[NobodysChildNow]

aibu to ask a stupid question here, posting for traffic

following a serious operation occasionally I wake up in extreme pain and need crutches to walk. It’s a spasm, I guess, and takes 24 hours to die down. Most days I do not need the crutches.

Later in March I’m taking a holiday - short haul BA flight - I don’t want to be abroad without the crutches, but I doubt I’ll actually need them to board the flight and I won’t appear in any way injured or disabled.

How do I tackle taking the crutches with me?!

Ive been discharged from NhS physio (because I’m “better”) and I doubt they’d help. Do I need a GP letter to be permitted to take crutches as carry on?

if I take the crutches as carry on am I still allowed another carry on bag?

They are regular NHS issue crutches, the kind that can be telescoped to be shorter, but still are too big for my suitcase so I could check them in as oversized baggage?

I’m disabled and fly reasonably regularly.

you can just take them with you in the plane. They do not count as your carry on (they are not allowed to count medical equipment as carry on).

They will put them in the overhead locker once you are on.

As previous poster has said, it will be fine. They don't count as luggage. My son dislocated his knee shortly before our holiday and had crutches. We contacted the airline and they gave us priority boarding too.

You can choose to take them as hand luggage or check them in. Personally I’d take as hand luggage as it’ll be less hassle (and I’d probably lightly “use” them as I’d feel silly just carrying them 😆). Yes, you are allowed a bag, crutches don’t count.