Holidays to spain

[BLUEY1949]

Hi anyone know exacatly what happens at checkin if u take your own scooter.Thinking of going away want to know how i get from checkin to plane.?

[UHelga]

Hi bluey1949,

Would it be worth giving the airline a call to check? My husband is a retired pilot and says the main issue with taking your own scooter is the type of battery it has. Apparently some may leak and therefore wouldn’t be allowed in the hold. I would suggest talking to the airline. If they say you can’t take yours you can always request assistance at both ends which is what my husband’s aunt did recently when she flew to the states (she has COPD too and can’t walk far now) Good luck!

[BLUEY1949 in reply to UHelga]

Thank you very much been a big help.

[stone-UK]

Hi

Some info from easyJet, watch video.

easyjet.com/en/help/boardin...

Best to contact airline and airport. There are restrictions on battery type and size.

[BLUEY1949 in reply to stone-UK]

Cheers will try that good info that.

[Carnival567]

I have always hired a scooter for when we get there. Talking to people who know, more scooters/ wheelchairs get damaged than anything else. The people I have hired from in Menorca, the Canaries and Portugal have all been exceptionally helpful. As to getting to and from the flight, you can book airport assistance from car to getting on the plane. You get assistance by being pushed in a chair all the way through the security checks etc and it makes life a lot easier. You then get loaded on to the plane by a sort of upmarket cherry picker, unless of course it is access through a tunnel. I have done all this several times with no problems and it makes life easier. The important thing is to get it all organised before you travel. You can book a scooter online. The only slight problem we have had was at Palma when they ran out of wheelchairs because a Thompson fly-drive cruise arrived at the same time. Some of the passengers were very rude and demanding and the poor Spanish chap was trying to explain in his very limited English and was getting very upset. I distanced myself from them quickly, some of them made me ashamed to be British!

[BLUEY1949]

Thanks a lot will look at hiring one abroad your right about organisation that the key word now with copd.thanks again.

[barbs47]

Hi I have taken my scooter abroad twice. Once to Bulgaria and once to Majorca. I found it very easy. Both times I was given lots of help. The only thing that had to be done was the battery had to be disconnected while it was in the hold. Barbs

[Ergendl]

I used to take my wheelchair abroad. I used it all through the airport to the aircraft door. Then it would be put in the hold for the flight and brought back to me after we had landed at the destination. I booked wheelchair assistance for both airports and both flights, and my wheelchair got baggage stickers at check in. When we landed in the other country, the airport usually provided an ambi-lift to take me in the wheelchair from the plane to the customs desk. It was all very easy and relaxing.

Can't help you about the batteries though.