#flying-while-pregnant

Traveling pregnant: how many weeks each airline lets you fly, and what travel insurance actually covers

Most airlines let you fly without a medical certificate up to week 28 of a single pregnancy, require a certificate from week 28 to 36, and refuse boarding after that: TAP and Lufthansa cut off at 36 weeks, Emirates and Qatar Airways at 29, and twins lower the cutoff to 32 weeks in most cases. American, Delta, and United don't ask for a certificate at any stage, just common sense. The bigger risk isn't at check-in. It's the travel insurance, which typically excludes premature birth and its complications, while a neonatal ICU in the United States can run past $100,000.

Curadoria Voyspark · Sep 09