I am a new CPAP user and I will be travel from Montreal to Barcelona with British Airways via London UK. My question is, with the new regulation for the UK airports, does my CPAP count as a carry-on or can I bring one carry-on plus my CPAP ?
Thanks,
Andre
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Re: Travel UK airport
I found some luggage information at the British Airways website. Personally, I'd give the British Airway folks in Montreal a call and ask them for the latest info.andre wrote:I am a new CPAP user and I will be travel from Montreal to Barcelona with British Airways via London UK. My question is, with the new regulation for the UK airports, does my CPAP count as a carry-on or can I bring one carry-on plus my CPAP ?
Thanks,
Andre
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From my recent experience, the answer is no, you can't, not if you are flying OUT of Heathrow. (Flying in is a different matter, the rules of your departure airport apply).
I can't speak for the airline, but I've been through Heathrow 4 times in the past 2 weeks, 3 times with BA and once with AA. Each time, I asked if my CPAP coudld be considered an extra bag for medical necessity and was told no, each time. One bag only.
BA insisted that I could only carry 1 item of handlugguage, regardless of what was in it. They didn't have an issue with the CPAP, only with the one item of hand lugguage per passenger rule.
Note, the rules are stricter applying to flights out of the UK, esp to the US. Flying from the US into the UK, the FSA rules applied. I asked what would happen if I had a medical device that couldn't fit into their required sized bag and they said I'd have to avoid the UK, and that other passengers with similar problems had to route through other European airports.
Also, be warned that if you are leaving the UK, your hand luggage has to conform to the new smaller size - it's about the size of a small laptop bag. Flying into the UK, you are allowed a normal international sized carryon as the FSA rules apply. So if you are flying out of the UK back to the US, make sure your hand lugguage meets the stricter requirements. I ended up checking my US hand lugguage, but fortunately had a small enough bag to take my CPAP through as hand baggage, when I came back from the UK to the US.
Dimensions available on line, and they will enforce it. The restrictions apply to to each measurement, NOT total area. I.e. if your bag is 2 inches longer than allowed on one side and 3 shorter on another, you can't offset one against another.
Finally, please note that the UK airport authorities and BA are both thinking of enforcing weight limits on hand lugguage - they haven't done it yet but are thinking about it. This really scares me as my CPAP would go over the limit.
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I can't speak for the airline, but I've been through Heathrow 4 times in the past 2 weeks, 3 times with BA and once with AA. Each time, I asked if my CPAP coudld be considered an extra bag for medical necessity and was told no, each time. One bag only.
BA insisted that I could only carry 1 item of handlugguage, regardless of what was in it. They didn't have an issue with the CPAP, only with the one item of hand lugguage per passenger rule.
Note, the rules are stricter applying to flights out of the UK, esp to the US. Flying from the US into the UK, the FSA rules applied. I asked what would happen if I had a medical device that couldn't fit into their required sized bag and they said I'd have to avoid the UK, and that other passengers with similar problems had to route through other European airports.
Also, be warned that if you are leaving the UK, your hand luggage has to conform to the new smaller size - it's about the size of a small laptop bag. Flying into the UK, you are allowed a normal international sized carryon as the FSA rules apply. So if you are flying out of the UK back to the US, make sure your hand lugguage meets the stricter requirements. I ended up checking my US hand lugguage, but fortunately had a small enough bag to take my CPAP through as hand baggage, when I came back from the UK to the US.
Dimensions available on line, and they will enforce it. The restrictions apply to to each measurement, NOT total area. I.e. if your bag is 2 inches longer than allowed on one side and 3 shorter on another, you can't offset one against another.
Finally, please note that the UK airport authorities and BA are both thinking of enforcing weight limits on hand lugguage - they haven't done it yet but are thinking about it. This really scares me as my CPAP would go over the limit.
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