how can I force redirect from cart page to checkout page ?

Hi , I am on 2.3.0.2 , and I got Ajax quick checkout , I feel with AQC , cart page (/index.php?route=checkout/cart) is no longer needed.

but in header and lot of places still shows cart page link,

so what I want to do is, when browser navigate to cart page , it will be redirected into checkout page (index.php?route=checkout/cart)

I tried few htaccess rewrite rule i found in internet , but neither no effect or just give me internal error 500.

any other way I can make it happen ?
or did I just miss something important about cart page ? I only do local business , so shipping estimates doesn't do me any good.

any help would be much appreciated.

You could do it with Redirect Manager, or you could do it yourself with htaccess if you can get the right redirect format. It would likely be something like this:


If that doesn't work you may need to go with my extension, or ask your web host if they can assist with the htaccess rule.