US Airways - Kiddy Car Seat? Bolster Pad instead of 5-point Harness????

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On Friday, we'll be flying with our 21 month old on US Airways from LHR-PHL. We have purchased a seat for him, and were planning on taking our 'spare' seat the Kiddy Guardian Pro 2. We were planning on putting him in the window in the seat, and then we have two aisles (the plane is a 2-4-2 config).

However... looking at US Airway's website, there is mention of 'restraint straps' : www.usairways.com/en-US/trave.../children.html

The Kiddy Guardian Pro 2 doesn't have straps per say, but a bolster pad thingy that slide into place and is secured with lap or lap/shoulder belt (in car).

I'm now really worried that a flight attendent will not let us use this seat and all plans will be put in disarrary.

If I'm not 100% US Airways will allow this seat, I'll go out and get a cheapish 'harness' type seat, or try & borrow for someone.

BTW - I'm 7 months pregnant, so I NEED this to go as smoothly as possible.

THANKS!!!

I used to work for an airline and the only car seats allowed were forward facing 5-point harness types. They had to be CE approved or FAA approved.

Have you checked in online to make sure you get your seats?

The seats are pre-booked and we have they confirmed window-aisle-aisle. The particular car seat is approved by the FAA & TUV (German equivelant...)

www.kiddy.de/us/kiddy-innovation/safety/aircraft-approval.html

I know US Airlines (not specificly US Airways) have different rules to EU Airlines. For example, US Airlines will allow Rear-facing seats, whereas I don't think EU Airlines will.

If it's FAA approved you should be fine.

Just looked... it doesn't have FAA sticker on it. Just a TUV (German) and E sticker.

Is take the 5 point onboard.

It isn't a 5-point harness, but rather a booster & intergral pad. Kiddy is approved by TUV for flight and there are instructions on their website on how to install on aircraft...

But I'm not going to risk it, going to see if someone has a Britax Eclipse or Prince I can borrow...