Flying Avelo Airlines with Kids: Infant Policy, Stroller Check & Family Boarding

Per Avelo Airlines' published policy, lap infants under 24 months at the time of travel fly free on all domestic routes and on international routes to Mexico and the Caribbean. No base fare is charged for the infant, and there is no infant tax or surcharge applied to domestic itineraries. For international routes in the Mexico/Caribbean leisure markets Avelo serves, the same zero-base-fare structure applies. If you choose to purchase a dedicated seat for your infant — for example, to use an FAA-approved car seat in-cabin — the full adult fare applies; there is no infant or child fare discount. Always verify the booking total at checkout to confirm the infant add has processed correctly.

Per Avelo Airlines' published policy, infants under 24 months are not required to have a dedicated seat and may travel as lap infants at no base fare cost. However, the FAA strongly recommends that all children under 2 years old be secured in a child restraint system in their own seat for safety during taxi, takeoff, turbulence, and landing. If you choose to purchase a seat for your infant to use an FAA-approved car seat in-cabin, the car seat must display an FAA-approval sticker. On shorter Avelo routes — typically under 90 minutes — many parents choose the lap-infant option; on longer legs, a dedicated seat with an approved car seat offers meaningfully better safety protection. Verify current policy directly at aveloair.com before booking.

Per Avelo Airlines' published policy, bassinets are not available on any aircraft in the fleet. Avelo operates an all-Boeing 737-700/-800 narrow-body fleet on domestic short-haul routes, and these aircraft are not equipped with bulkhead bassinet mounting positions. This is consistent across the entire US ultra-low-cost carrier cluster — Spirit, Frontier, Allegiant, and Sun Country also offer no bassinets fleet-wide. Parents of infants under 6 months who require bassinet service should book with an international full-service carrier such as Lufthansa, Emirates, or Singapore Airlines, which offer reservable bassinets on their wide-body long-haul fleets. For Avelo flights, plan to hold your infant or use a soft infant carrier for the duration of the flight.

Per Avelo Airlines' published policy, baggage allowances follow a per-passenger model with no child-specific discount. Lap infants receive no independent allowance but are entitled to one free diaper bag that does not count against any other allowance. Children with purchased seats receive the same allowance as adult passengers on the purchased fare: one free personal item, with carry-on bags costing USD 25–55 depending on route and timing, and checked bags subject to standard fees. There is no children's free-bag exception similar to Southwest Airlines' two-free-checked-bags policy. For a family of four with two ticketed children, factor carry-on and checked-bag fees into the total trip cost when comparing Avelo against legacy or mid-tier carriers.

Per Avelo Airlines' published policy, unaccompanied minor service is not available for passengers under 15 years of age. Children under 15 must be accompanied by an adult on every Avelo flight — there is no escort, supervision program, or gate pass available for guardians dropping off younger children. Passengers aged 15 to 17 may travel as standard adult passengers, purchasing a ticket independently without any special UM documentation or escort. This is a structural limitation Avelo shares with Allegiant Air. If your child under 15 must travel alone, Spirit Airlines accepts unaccompanied minors ages 5 to 14 at USD 150 each way, and Sun Country Airlines accepts ages 5 to 14 at USD 75 each way — both on non-stop flights only.

No — Avelo Airlines and Avianca are completely unrelated carriers with no shared ownership, codeshare arrangement, or operational connection. Avelo Airlines is a US ultra-low-cost carrier founded in 2021 and headquartered in New Haven, Connecticut, operating Boeing 737 aircraft on domestic leisure routes from secondary US airports including HVN, BUR, RDU, ILG, and LAL. Avianca is a Colombian flag carrier founded in 1919, headquartered in Bogotá, Colombia, and one of the oldest airlines in the Western Hemisphere. The two airlines serve different continents, operate under different IATA codes (XP for Avelo; AV for Avianca), and have no business relationship. When booking, confirm you are on aveloair.com for Avelo or avianca.com for Avianca — the similar names occasionally cause confusion in online searches.

Per Avelo Airlines' published policy, infants as young as 2 weeks old are accepted as lap passengers — making Avelo's newborn minimum the most lenient in the US ultra-low-cost carrier cluster. By comparison, Spirit Airlines publishes a 7-day minimum, and Allegiant Air has its own minimum that is longer than Avelo's 14-day threshold. Most US legacy carriers require at least 7 to 14 days from birth, and some international carriers require a physician's fit-to-fly certificate for infants under a certain age. While Avelo's published policy allows 2-week-old infants, parents of very young newborns are advised to bring a doctor's clearance letter as a precaution, as individual gate agents may request documentation for visibly newborn passengers. Always verify the current policy directly at aveloair.com before booking.

Per Avelo Airlines' published policy, families traveling with infants under 2 years of age are invited to pre-board before general boarding zones begin. This pre-boarding opportunity allows parents additional time to stow the diaper bag, settle the infant, and install a car seat if one was purchased. There is no additional fee for family pre-boarding — it is included with any standard ticket. One important limitation to note: Avelo is not on the US DOT Family-Seating Dashboard commitment list, so boarding early does not guarantee that your family will be seated together unless you have purchased assigned seats. To secure adjacent seats, purchase seat assignments at booking. Verify boarding procedures directly at aveloair.com, as specific gate processes may vary by station.

Per Avelo Airlines' published policy, one stroller per fare-paying passenger is checked free of charge, either at the ticket counter or at the boarding gate. No size or weight restriction is published for strollers — umbrella, full-size, and jogging strollers are all accepted. To gate-check your stroller, walk through security with it using your normal boarding pass, use it through the terminal up to the jet bridge, and hand it to the gate agent at the aircraft door. The stroller is stowed in the cargo hold and returned at the jet bridge upon arrival at most Avelo stations in its secondary-airport network, including HVN, BUR, RDU, ILG, and LAL. At a small number of stations, the stroller may be returned at baggage claim. Always verify directly at aveloair.com before travel.

Per Avelo Airlines' published policy, car seats are checked free of charge — one per fare-paying passenger. This applies whether you check the car seat at the ticket counter or gate-check it at the jet bridge. The car seat does not count against any paid baggage allowance. If you intend to use the car seat in-cabin on a purchased seat, it must display an FAA-approval sticker; if you are simply checking it in the cargo hold, no certification requirement applies to the check-in process itself. Booster seats without harnesses are accepted under the same free allowance but are not FAA-approved for in-cabin use during taxi, takeoff, and landing — they must be checked in cargo. Always verify current policy at aveloair.com before travel.

Per publicly available US Department of Transportation records, Avelo Airlines is not on the DOT Family-Seating Dashboard commitment list as of 2026. The DOT dashboard tracks airlines that have committed to seat children up to a specified age adjacent to an accompanying adult at no extra charge. Spirit and Frontier are both on the commitment list within the US ULCC cluster; Avelo and Allegiant are not. In practical terms, this means Avelo has not made a formal regulatory commitment to seat your child next to you without requiring paid seat selection. Families who want a guaranteed adjacent seat should purchase seat assignments at booking. The DOT dashboard is updated periodically — verify the current status at transportation.gov before assuming any carrier's commitment status.

Per Avelo Airlines' published policy, online addition of a lap infant to an existing booking is not supported. After completing your adult ticket purchase at aveloair.com, you must reach Avelo Airlines reservations through the airline's official website or contact channels to add the infant to your reservation at no base fare charge. Have your booking confirmation number, the infant's full legal name, and date of birth ready before contacting reservations. An updated confirmation email listing both the adult passenger and the lap infant should be requested after the add is processed. Do not attempt to add the infant at airport check-in as a workaround — processing it in advance avoids complications at the gate. Always verify the current process at aveloair.com before your travel date.