@NEPatsGirl – my H brought his to Europe, but did not use it on the plane. I think he was fine because he didn’t do more than doze, and sitting up, did not snore or have apnea issues. But he set it up first thing in every place we stayed.
It’s a medical device so there should be no issues taking it on the plane with you.
Agree that medical devices don’t count as luggage on the plane and can be carried aboard.
Sleep apnea is mainly a problem when the person is lying flat so she should ask her md if she needs it can forgo using the crap on the plane.
HImom, did you mean “crap on the plane” or CPAP on the plane (emoji rolling with laughter LOL)
Whoops—typing on the phone late at night was hile making dinner and a spell miscorrect leads to interesting typos.
Well the CPAP has to be plugged in, I don’t know how that works on a plane? But, yes, only reclining slightly might make a difference in her snoring but God help us, everyone on the plane, if it doesn’t. She is worried about being embarrassed vs. not sleeping at all.
Once HE got used to it, or once YOU did?
My DH doesn’t always snore, just sometimes. Can’t figure that one out. Once we were on vacation, so I couldn’t escape to another room. He was snoring so bad, no matter how many times I poked him or woke him up, he would start right back. It sounded like a buzz saw. I go so aggravated, I seriously just wanted to slug him. And I’ve never hit him!
DH tried the mask that covers your mouth as well. What a disaster! Air kept seeping in from the sides so that he sounded the way a balloon sounds when you pinch the top and let the air out slowly. Nobody slept last night. 
It can take time to find the correct fit. It’s a shame that so many of the providers are mailing equipment from far away and can’t peoperky fit their patients so there has to be this long and frustrating fitting period. Keep at it—once the correct fit is achieved, have heard from many that they sleep better than ever!
Regarding CPAP use on a night flight. There are battery operated Res Med units but the cost is nearly the same as the regular one, ie hundreds of dollars… Since it is a “one time only” event and not a regular one I would just doze and be tired with jet lag. btw- be sure to bring an extension cord and proper plug adapters since the outlets may not be where you want them.
Yup- a learning curve with CPAP and masks. Once you get the right type and make the adjustment it becomes part of your new normal. You lug the extra bag and learn to have an extension cord for hotels that lack convenient outlets. I have claimed the left side of the bed in hotels as I’m used to sleeping with the tubing coming that way-had that side of our bed since married. Do miss snuggling as the mask gets in the way- but sure beats being always tired.
When my H and I went to Europe last summer, he had to carry two kinds of adapters, one for England and one for France, so check on that.
Also, I had rented us three different kind of charming, moderately priced and rather tiny housing–a miniature house in Paris, a B and B in Normandy, and an apartment in London. In every one of them, the bed was against a wall, it turned out. So H had to have the open side to set up machine, and I was always climbing up from the foot, or across him (house in Paris was a loft bed, no room to climb in from foot), to go to bed.
Still worth it to keep him breathing!