Airline guide · rules last checked 13 October 2026
British Airways lets you check in 2 child items (fully collapsible pushchair, car seat, booster seat, travel cot, baby back carrier) and push the pushchair to the gate. But you still carry everything through two airports with a baby in your arms, and in Heraklion the pushchair comes back on the baggage belt. With Holiday Stork your gear is waiting in the arrivals hall at Heraklion Airport.
British Airways flies to Heraklion (HER) in summer from London Heathrow and London Gatwick. Each infant can check in two child items, even on a hand-baggage-only fare, and the pushchair can be used up to the boarding gate.
Counts as one of your two child items and can be used up to the boarding gate, where it is loaded into the hold. Small, single-piece, fully collapsible pushchairs may be returned at the aircraft door at some airports; larger ones come back on the baggage belt.
Counts as one of your two child items when checked in. On board only if your child has their own seat, and only a single-piece seat that meets BA safety rules (or an AmSafe child restraint); British Airways does not supply car seats on short-haul flights.
Can be one of your two free child items, checked in at the check-in desk. A third child item travels as a normal hold bag.
Not on the British Airways list of child items, so it travels as a normal hold bag.
Your stroller, car seat and travel cot, cleaned, checked and waiting for you in the arrivals hall at Heraklion Airport.
Every step of a return trip on British Airways with a pushchair, a car seat and a travel cot.
Fold the pushchair, bag the car seat and the travel cot, and squeeze them into the car with the suitcases.
Pack clothes, nappies and toys. Nothing bulky.
Push the baby, pull the cases and carry the car seat and cot across the car park.
Walk in with your suitcases and your baby.
Queue at the check-in desk to check in the car seat and cot as child items.
Nothing extra to check in.
Lift your baby out, fold the pushchair and heave it onto the belt while the queue waits.
Your hands stay free for your baby.
Leave the pushchair at the gate and carry your baby and bags on board.
Board with your baby and a nappy bag.
The pushchair comes back on the baggage belt, so you carry your baby through passport control and baggage claim, then wait for the car seat and cot.
We meet you in the arrivals hall with the stroller unfolded and ready.
Fit your own car seat into an unfamiliar car, in the summer heat, with a tired baby.
We fit the car seat in your rental car before you drive off.
Gear that travelled in the hold can arrive scratched or broken, far from home.
Cleaned, steam-sanitised and safety-checked gear, the right size for your child.
Do it all again: fold, bag, check in, security, aircraft door, baggage belt.
We collect everything before you fly. You leave with only your suitcases.
Yes. British Airways lets you check in 2 child items when you travel with an infant: fully collapsible pushchair, car seat, booster seat, travel cot, baby back carrier. You still carry them through both airports, check them in at the check-in desk and collect them from the baggage belt in Heraklion.
Counts as one of your two child items and can be used up to the boarding gate, where it is loaded into the hold. Small, single-piece, fully collapsible pushchairs may be returned at the aircraft door at some airports; larger ones come back on the baggage belt.
Counts as one of your two child items when checked in. On board only if your child has their own seat, and only a single-piece seat that meets BA safety rules (or an AmSafe child restraint); British Airways does not supply car seats on short-haul flights.
Fly light. Holiday Stork has your stroller, car seat, travel cot and high chair cleaned, checked and waiting in the arrivals hall at Heraklion Airport, fits the car seat in your rental car and collects everything before you fly home. No bag drop queues, no folding at security and no waiting at the baggage belt with a baby in your arms.
Holiday Stork meets you in the arrivals hall at Heraklion Airport or delivers to your hotel or villa anywhere in Crete.
Rules last checked 13 October 2026. Always confirm on your booking before you fly. Sources: British Airways: Family travel baggage, British Airways: Family seating, British Airways: Family travel at the airport, British Airways: Family tickets and travel documents. Holiday Stork is not affiliated with British Airways.
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