SQ Tips, Trips and Tales

[daft009]

I was planning on flying my family SYD-SIN-CPH in SQ business class. There are 4 of us, two kids aged 2 and 5. However it seems very tricky looking after the 2 year old in J. Modern business class seats have so much privacy, which is fantastic, however it would probably work against us.

We flew J last time we went to Europe but that's 3 years ago and we only have a lap-infant. Much easier to wrangle.

I'm thinking now we just go PE instead, and break up the trip a bit more. I welcome any input from anyone who has flown with a 2 year old in the SQ J cabins.

Yeah they'll spend more time in your seat than theirs. No point going J. 3-4yo onwards they should manage in J.

From memory SQ PE the arm rests don't go up so the 2yo will not be able to lie across seats in your lap... Just double check . Been ages since I flew SQ PE

 

[blackcat20]

@Lost Redditor we've done it with 2 and 4 year olds. Its doable, but you do end up getting up a lot to assist, so its not the most relaxing (unless they fall asleep). We set ourselves up so that it was one kid next to one adult, but then an adult behind that kid, and a kid behind the adult. So the person behind/in front could get up to help, while the person next to could also assist.

 

[FlyingFiona]

From memory SQ PE the arm rests don't go up so the 2yo will not be able to lie across seats in your lap... Just double check . Been ages since I flew SQ PE

When I last flew them (years back) and sat in D the arm rests between E and F go up. (I had flown Y MEL-SIN then PE SIN-CDG and both legs was neighbourless. I thought that Y was better in this instance because I actually had more space and could shift around to sleep better in Y than I could in PE with the fixed arm rests.)

 

[MooTime]

I was planning on flying my family SYD-SIN-CPH in SQ business class. There are 4 of us, two kids aged 2 and 5. However it seems very tricky looking after the 2 year old in J. Modern business class seats have so much privacy, which is fantastic, however it would probably work against us.

We flew J last time we went to Europe but that's 3 years ago and we only have a lap-infant. Much easier to wrangle.

I'm thinking now we just go PE instead, and break up the trip a bit more. I welcome any input from anyone who has flown with a 2 year old in the SQ J cabins.

We recently flew SQ in PE & J with 5 & 7yo.

As @daft009 said the PE seats armrest doesn't go up which was really sh^t as child wants to rest on you. 7yo no probs in J though, not sure about a 5yo in J though as when our 7yo was in J couple years ago he wasn't biggest fan, everything so far way. Does make a difference if your located in 2 middle seats & they can slide that slider & see you, hand you stuff & show you what they watching!

Depends on the seating in Y if it's 3-3-3 or 2-4-2, we found 2 of us in J & 2 of us in Y worked well. swapping who's in J for return journey to keep the peace at home!!
As a 2-3yo they want to be touching you / resting on you so J makes that little difficult.

Good dilemma you have though, enjoy.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

When I last flew them (years back) and sat in D the arm rests between E and F go up. (I had flown Y MEL-SIN then PE SIN-CDG and both legs was neighbourless. I thought that Y was better in this instance because I actually had more space and could shift around to sleep better in Y than I could in PE with the fixed arm rests.)

It looks like the centre armrests of the centre block on 4 seats will raise… but only on some models… looking at the pictures on google there are some configurations where the centre armrests are fixed in the middle, housing the IFE controls of something. (not to be confused with the fixed double armrests that don’t move at all.)

And that applies even to seats not at the bulkhead.

So worth researching before booking for aircraft type, and potential PEY seat version.

 

[MooTime]

even when you research your exact plane on your booked flight, plane can be changed like it was for us.

I'd suggest book based on most inconvenient seat type scenarios & book what's then best to make your 2 & 5yo most comfortable, that's what's most important.

Us big kids can just suck it up, sitting in PE or Y that is.

 

[daft009]

We recently flew SQ in PE & J with 5 & 7yo.

As @daft009 said the PE seats armrest doesn't go up which was really sh^t as child wants to rest on you. 7yo no probs in J though, not sure about a 5yo in J though as when our 7yo was in J couple years ago he wasn't biggest fan, everything so far way. Does make a difference if your located in 2 middle seats & they can slide that slider & see you, hand you stuff & show you what they watching!

Depends on the seating in Y if it's 3-3-3 or 2-4-2, we found 2 of us in J & 2 of us in Y worked well. swapping who's in J for return journey to keep the peace at home!!
As a 2-3yo they want to be touching you / resting on you so J makes that little difficult.

Good dilemma you have though, enjoy.

My 2 boys, 4.5yo & 9yo were fine in J as we sat them in the centre seats. wife & i were at the windows across the aisle.
I did have to change the movie for the little one and help with lunch, he was self sufficient and content otherwise. 9yo was having the time of his life, barely heard a peep from him