Ryanair and pushchairs

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Hi

I'm travelling with Ryanair in a few weeks to Palma, Majorca and I wondered if anyone had travelled with them recently and taken a pushchair?

DD's pushchair goes into two parts but Ryanair's website says that only a collapsible pushchair can be taken for free. I've travelled with them before and know they're really unhelpful and have visions of arguing with the check-in staff or having to pay a fortune in excess baggage to get it on the plane.

Has anyone else taken a similar pushchair with them?

Thanks

How old is your DD?

I've never had a problem with this. You must go to the check in desks to get it checked on. They always ask how many bits it folds into and put a baggage tag on both parts. You will need to collaspe it into it's separate bits at the plane though.

trying - DD is 6 months old and this is our first family holiday

stanausauruswrecks - Thanks was this when you travelled with Ryanair? I may just be stressing unnecessarily but have flown with them before and had a bad experience

Yes, this has been with Ryanair, flying into Belfast.

Thanks very much

or buy a temporary "holiday pushchair" so you don't have to worry about baggage handlers at either end?

I would highly recommend buying a holiday pushchair. I've got a maclaren quest that i bought when ds1 was little, its flown a number of times and is on its last legs. Its been squashed by baggage handlers, pushed on wet sand, dragged over cobbled streets, jammed into car boots, doubled as a highchair n covered in food and left in south africa for a few days by the airline. Fortunately i only paid £90 for it and dont mind replacing it now for ds2. it'll also be useful to have a spare buggy for occasional use at home.