traveling with children

Hi, just thought a mini TR was required in terms of accessing lounges and treatment as a WP whilst trampling around Europe as a WP with NB SWMBO and kids. Fast track. 1) Transit at LHR T3 from QF1 to BA to BCN. Y class. BA lounge said effectively go to hell. AA said let me check, and then...

Hello all, My wife, daughters (8 & 12) and myself are traveling on QF15/16 next March and I am just a little concerned about seat selection. 1. it now costs $30 to select a seat so that's $240 total which seems a little rich. 2. if I don't select our seats what are the chances of them...

Hump-day grumpiness .... Booking through my CTA, I *always* have to edit my contact details (as well as select seat) in my booking. My Daytime contact number - for example - defaults to my desk phone rather than my mobile. Three times .... THREE TIMES .... today I've tried to alter the...

Just wondering we are flying out of HKG on CX279 at 9:50 with two young kids. What lounge is best suited for kids & breakfast or are we best just to pick the closest lounge for convenience.

Interesting article about homework during holidays: Children increasingly expected to do homework in the school holidays | smh.com.au Everyone gets 24 hours in the day. Is homework during holidays over the top?

I just listened to an interesting podcast on Air France 447 framed along the lines of American Airline's Warren Van Der Burgh comment that the industry has turned pilots into “Children of the Magenta” who are too dependent on the guiding magenta-colored lines on their screens. The podcast seems...

Hello Fflyers, My family (2adults, 2 children. age 5 and 1.5), will be flying PER SFO in a couple of weeks. Flying CX departing Perth at 23:55 (ouch) Got a questions about check in at Perth Airport. If I were to pre check all of us in online, do you know if I could drop our bags at the airport...

I personally find it annoying that the Jetstar booking site automatically opts-in to a donation to charity. But I was wondering: Has anyone actually chosen to make a donation while making a Jetstar booking? I can't imagine many would (unless they didn't realise the box had been selected...) but...

Not sure if this article has already been posted. My thoughts:- Why didn't the parents book the kids into an aisle + middle seat instead of 2 middle seats? Whilst the kids did seem to be have been relatively well behaved, I would have been quite annoyed if i was the person in the aisle seat...

British Airways offering promo rates, free flights for infants, to celebrate new royal baby - Singapore More Singapore Stories News & Top Stories - The Straits Times Ex SIN to LHR and SYD. Following birth of royal baby. And conditions apply.

Expert FF advice needed. So, my flight was booked through work for my wife and I plus our little girl (infant) but under my company policy I had to book and pay for my son (child) separately. Here is the dilemma, although I have linked my sons booking with mine, Plat QF staff tell me that I...

...strikes me as being a bit cheeky if you are flying solo sans enfant, just to get a seat at the front if you're flying economy. But if for whatever reason the seat needs to be taken off you (lots of parents on that flight, etc), does it increase your chances of an upgrade, or does it prompt...

Hi everyone As a community we are in many ways lucky to enjoy the benefits of travel and the rewards associated with the points earned and wondered if there was an opportunity to continue to do so but then to contribute to something greater. What I would like to propose with the approval and...

Hi, I'm needing some help with respect to planning and booking an 8 day visit to NYC for Easter 2016 as a part of a wider East Coast Trip. At this point the options are pretty open, but I have been researching staying in the East Village, Greenwich or Chelsea districts. Can anyone provide...

Lucky it stopped where it did - Delta flight skids off runway at LaGuardia Airport: Local media reports.

I recently (23 February) flew Dubai to Sydney (EK0412). Although we had some departure delays ex. Dubai, I had no issues with the standard of flight or flight crew. However in 31 years of international travel experience, this was the worst flight ever!. I was seated in economy 55G. Three...

This story was in the Sydney Morning Herald today: Public school principals crack down on family holidays in term time We're taking our high school age kids (not yet seniors) out of school for the last week (plus a couple of days) of Term 2 (June). All this blather from the schools...

Im looking for a hotel in Shinjuku for 2 adults and 2 children , somewhere close to transport Thinking Hilton Shinjuku, comments please ?

I've been thinking about a trip to SIN with the family and wanted to know if people have any experiences getting too or from the airport with kids requiring child seats (2)? On my own I would normally just go a cab or 'limo' but my wife (and I) are pretty hard line on ensuring our kids are...

We recently travelled to NZ and back with two kids in their mid teens (under 16) and on arrival in NZ the kids could go through the Smartgate - no age restrictions we could see. On our return to SYD on the weekend we arrived with hundreds of others in the early morning and after the unexpected...