My sister and her gorgeous 18 month old baby (my niece) are planning to visit me in July (before she turns 2). Theyre planning to fly ADL-MEL-ADL on VA. Even though our parents will help her all the way to the gate ion ADL and I'll meet her at the gate in MEL, my sister is extremely anxious about taking her daughter on the plane and it just being her and her baby for the flight. My niece is a good kid but can be unpredictable and my sister is nervous as there wont be anyone there to assist her. My niece has only been on a plane once before when she was six months old and was fine but had both her parents there to help.
I want to make her journey as comfortable as possible because she is coming over just to see me and my new house (she wouldnt make the journey if I hadnt encouraged her to do so). I am very happy to use my points to either upgrade her to J, or book her in J to start with if this makes the journey easier for her. Shes not fussed about F&B etc, but I do think having a bit more space and attention from the crew might help her.
Is this a good idea? I know if I was travelling in J I would prefer babies were down the back of the plane (I refer to the back 5 rows of a 737 as 'the nursery') - if my little niece starts making a scene I'm not sure if my sister would rather be in a hopefully fairly empty J cabin (all flights are outside peak times) or crammed down the back with other children. If my niece is awake she gets bored easily and tends to fidget.
What would you do? Is this a waste of points if she would actually be better down the back with other children where noise and unpredictability is more expected? My sister would be mortified if I booked her in J, her daughter started screaming and other J pax complained.
I want to make her journey as comfortable as possible because she is coming over just to see me and my new house (she wouldnt make the journey if I hadnt encouraged her to do so). I am very happy to use my points to either upgrade her to J, or book her in J to start with if this makes the journey easier for her. Shes not fussed about F&B etc, but I do think having a bit more space and attention from the crew might help her.
Is this a good idea? I know if I was travelling in J I would prefer babies were down the back of the plane (I refer to the back 5 rows of a 737 as 'the nursery') - if my little niece starts making a scene I'm not sure if my sister would rather be in a hopefully fairly empty J cabin (all flights are outside peak times) or crammed down the back with other children. If my niece is awake she gets bored easily and tends to fidget.
What would you do? Is this a waste of points if she would actually be better down the back with other children where noise and unpredictability is more expected? My sister would be mortified if I booked her in J, her daughter started screaming and other J pax complained.