@A MyCOPDTeam Member; flying with a POC is not always a piece of cake, but most of the time it goes very well. You can usually get a wheelchair at the door; sometimes you have to go to the check-in counter at smaller airports to make your wishes known. When you call the health desk a week or two before you fly, tell them you're flying with 02; they'll ask for information to be sure you have a machine that is FAA approved and that you have sufficient battery power for 1.5 times the time from first wheels up to wheels down on the last flight. That's when you also tell them you need a wheelchair from curbside to the plane door.

When you get to the gate, let them know you'll need a wheelchair down the jetway if your driver hasn't stayed with you. That also gets you early boarding. Then you're good to go. If you don't need 02 for sitting, don't turn it on or reduce the setting; you could be sitting at the gate for a hour before takeoff. Carry your oximeter so you can check on your sats.

The the attendant know that you have asked for a wheelchair at your destination or next stop. It should be waiting for you on the jetway if all goes as planned. If things are all messed up, just stay in your seat until everyone else has deplaned and your chair and driver show up.

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No. You must have a battery pack unit that covers twice the flying time your expected to fly. It must be certified for airlines. And must have a prescription.

@A MyCOPDTeam Member The Home Consentrator travels free on the Checked Luggage, Not in the Cabin

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Two problems with this plan: the machine you use must fit under the seat in front of you (maybe they'd let you buy a seat for it; you could check that out!) and I fly with a POC but I've never found a plane that offered enough juice to power my POC. I do fly a lot of regional planes (from Des Moines, you rarely go straight to any destination and even when you do, it's usually in a small regional plane), so maybe the larger planes do better with power. If you really want to find out if this is possible, call the airline's health desk and ask, but be sure you explain you're not talking about a POC, but a full size, stationary concentrator.

Maybe your best answer would come from an airline @A MyCOPDTeam Member. I don't see why they wouldn't let you do that, but that's just me, I don't run the airlines thankfully.🤣
July 2, 2023

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