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Check the airline website for the exact details of the baggage allowance, as it varies..

You can carry snacks, but as far as i know will not be allowed to carry water, unless its a baby. you can buy water once you clear security and inside the terminal.. you can take that inside the flight.. once inside the flight you can get as much water you want..

 

Cereal bars etc. should not be a problem. Buy water after you pass security. You can get all the water you want on a plane, but with between 300-400 passengers on a flight, it may take a little while - unless the airline staff is tuned in to the fact that you may be asking for your child. So, do keep some water with you when you board. Once the aircraft reaches cruising altitude, onboard service gets smoother.

I split my stuff into 2 bags: one bacakpack that has my laptop, powercords blah, blah, blah - i.e. things I may not need immediately. This bag goes in the overhead bin. Stuff that I might need during the flight - iPad, Kindle, NC headset, eyeshades, neck/lumbar pillow, Tylenol, blanket, pullover, comfy slippers, paper, pens that won't leak in-flight etc. go in a floppy, smushable bag that can sit underfoot. If the bag is too large or too rigid, you lose leg-room - that's uncomfortable. I prefer something that collapses easily and I can put my feet on.

Hope this helps. Bon Voyage!

 

Please check with ur airlines. I few Emirates recently and there was new rule that all incoming US flights from Middle East could only have one carry-on per person. Everything u had in hand needed to be consolidated into one bag. I do not know if this was a temporary rule or is now the norm. But it caused havoc in the airport.

Empty bottles are fine. (no liquids /gels (not even water) more than 3oz ) Cereal bars and dry baby cereal should be fine. Most air hostesses are obliging and give u warm water/milk to mix the baby food.

 

@justanothergirl Dear JAG i too flew Emirates in August and two check in baggages were allowed.Is there any restrictions now?i am returning to India by Emirates and have the same two baggages.can you clear my doubt?

 

Dear @periamma

2 Checkins is fine. Only hand baggage had issue. Usually they allow two. One cabin baggage and one purse/laptop bag. But this time they insisted on consolidating both the laptop bag and the cabin baggage into one.

 

@justanothergirl Thank you dear .Then no problem as i packed my laptop in my cabin baggage when i was flying here.

 

OP, you need to call airlines if they do not have on website. Since you have baby, you need to know things.

Anyways, for kids, usually they allow most things. Packaged foods -cereal bars/ cookies/jars/crackers are fine. I think open solid foods are also fine.
People also carry poori/roti/rice/mathri kind of dry foods and I heard people carry daal etc and they do not eat airlines food at all. If you need that, carry it and if asked tell them its for baby. If they refuse, throw/eat before security.

Coming from India - many times I had water bottle from outside, once banana ( was not aware) in hand bag, they went in.
Buy bottled water for security and you carry couple sealed bottles from outside also.
You can carry one thermos/empty bottle and keep filing at airport after security. With baby, keep water with you always.

For baggage, like someone suggested, I split in 2. One for important items, goes underneath and one goes in overhead storage.
Which airlines are you flying?