traveling with children

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...

I know there have been some old threads on this (or similar) but I'm interested in any recent UM experiences on long-haul flights. I need to send two kids (14 and 8 at time of travel) to the UK from BNE, ideally one stop. Kids are PS with QF, but am open to all / any options as the...

Just looking at options to send two of my kids as UMs to see their grandparents in the UK. Ex-BNE, QF options require transitting SYD or MEL, while using the EK flights removes this requirement. The kids will be nearly 14 and 8 at the time of travel. I'd prefer to book on the QF codeshare as...

So I'm Accor Gold, just missed out on plat last year :( ... not the greatest program, we know, but I like their hotels and friends I tend to travel with insist on it, so may as well keep with it. But good grief, they are teeth-grindingly bad in many respects! Today's experiences. 1. Book...

I don't know if this has happened to anyone else, but it's getting very frustrating... Last month I got an email from VA letting me know about a change to a flight booking for April 2015 and that I needed to call up for options. I phoned the VA number (waited on hold for approx 10mins) listed...

For the under 18s: citibank plus and the ozcorex cards are unavailable . Any recommends?.

We have a flight out of Gatwick on BA next year. My husband and I are both QFF Gold. We have 3 older children. By the rules we can only guest 1 extra passenger each. Will the lounge dragons turn us away because of our 3rd child??

So, Mrs Rory Breaker and Junior (18 months) Rory Breaker travelled SYD-DXB-LHR in J a few weeks ago. When we booked the flights (about 10 months out) we called Qantas to make sure that Mrs Rory Breaker got a seat with access to a bassinet. For good measure we also called the week before to...

Hello all im lucky to have got a complimentary priority pass with one of my credit cards. Pas my membership is limited by number of visits per year, I was wondering what experiences others have had with bringing kids into the lounge. Obviously of the child is a baby I would assume they exempt...

Hi folks, Anyone here flown with little kids (mine is almost 4), in J on Qantas? I'm on QF27 to SCL today, a 12 hour flight with my kid is terrifying - hopefully his many video games and colouring books will be enough to keep him relatively quiet. Just wondering if they do anything different...

Where are the bassinet seats on the 777 in J ? Can't see them on any seat map

1st trip report so I hope you don't get too bored..... Thanks to everyone here, I learnt about flying in the pointy end for a little over economy prices when I joined 2 years ago. After doing a similar trip in 2012 flying Qantas via melb in economy my husband said we could go back to Las...

Heads up about the introduction of this fee: More details here: http://www.qantas.com.au/agents/dyn/qf/policies/SupervisionFeeforUnaccompaniedMinorsTravelAgentFAQ.pdf

Hi All, We are taking the family to Singapore and have an infant and child on an A330 flight in Y. I understand the first row in economy (26ish) has a bassinet & the seats have fixed armrests. Does anyone have experience in the other Bassinet row (42ish)? Are the armrests fixed? We'd love to...

Since 1 October 2014, anyone travelling to and from South Africa with children under the age of 18, to be in posession of a fully Unabridged Birth Certificate, in addition to a valid passport. Children under the age of 18 have to travel with their parents. If one of the parents show no presence...

... and qantas.com is down. Again. Seriously, is there another so-called top company whose website is so cr@p?? Regards, BD

The latest Qantas changes to lounge access prompted me to look at the eligibility for children / family access to lounges. On the Qantas web site there is now a very detailed table listing the lounge access options / restrictions for children visiting the various lounges. The most obvious...

Just a quick question, does Delta charge the same price for adults as they do children? I am looking to go from Sydney to the US and it seems that there is no difference in price between them. Can anyone shed some light on this one? Thanks

Day 1. Our morning started at 1 am (actually the Mrs never went to bed). I had a couple of final things to pack, and load the bags into the car and wake up the kids. We finally left home just a little past 2am for the drive up to SYD, stopping briefly at Marulan to stretch the legs. We hit the...

Hi, Is it acceptable (as per say EY or most top airlines) to have say two adults flying F and two kids (aged 7 and 10) flying in Y or J ? Or does the entire family have to be seated together (in the same cabin) is the kids are <17 ? Thanks