In an earlier post, I mentioned about how easy it is to use a stroller at the airport. The good news is that you can bring it all the way up to the plane. What happens at that point is that the stroller is folded up and checked-in by a flight attendant. Then when you arrive at your destination, the stroller is right there waiting for you just outside the plane door. It is much more convenient than you might expect. Now I cannot be sure that every airline handles this the exact same way, but I would imagine that most do. After all, they do allow early boarding for people traveling with small children.
I noticed while checking our blog stats that someone found our blog while searching google with “can I bring a double stroller on a plane.” What we discovered is that this is totally possible. It would work the same way as mentioned above. Had we known this before our recent trip to the islands, we would have brought our double stroller instead of making our 2 year-old walk all over the airport. Our 10 month old is also much happier in the stroller when he has his big sister sitting next to him.
We have a Combi double stroller that is uber-portable and both kids love riding in it.
Oh well, live and learn!
UPDATE:
Apparently, Southwest recently eliminated pre-boarding with small children. To the best of knowledge and research, most all other carriers still allow it. It has also been brought to my attention that this stroller process that I have discussed may not work the same way if your flight has multiple legs. If nothing else, just ask a helpful airline employee.