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Re: Flying With Babies
« Reply #340 on: January 04, 2014, 08:31:12 PM »
What do people do with a 2 year old? Seatbelt on regular seat?
I'm lazy to read the thread.
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Re: Flying With Babies
« Reply #341 on: January 04, 2014, 08:46:27 PM »
I'm flying with a 2 month old to Hnl from Jfk in first class. I didn't book a separate ticket for the baby. Any advice as to what I should do?  Are there bassinets in first class?  I'm sure there will be empty seats in first class

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Re: Flying With Babies
« Reply #342 on: January 04, 2014, 09:00:28 PM »
I'm flying with a 2 month old to Hnl from Jfk in first class. I didn't book a separate ticket for the baby. Any advice as to what I should do?  Are there bassinets in first class?  I'm sure there will be empty seats in first class
What airline? Dont be so sure as many airlines upgrade theyre elites to J

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Re: Flying With Babies
« Reply #343 on: January 04, 2014, 09:08:24 PM »
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Re: Flying With Babies
« Reply #344 on: January 04, 2014, 10:03:17 PM »
They won't give you an extra seat in F for the infant.
Call and ask for basinet
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Re: Flying With Babies
« Reply #345 on: January 04, 2014, 10:09:55 PM »
is there a place for a bassinet in first on delta flights?  right now row 1 is open on both flights should i switch to that seat?  Wait on hold for delta forever i guess they are still overwhemled

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Re: Flying With Babies
« Reply #346 on: January 04, 2014, 10:22:49 PM »
im also flying with a month old on delta first class. when i booked the tix the sup told me that first class doesnt have bassinets. but if you hear otherwise pls post....
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Re: Flying With Babies
« Reply #347 on: January 04, 2014, 10:52:13 PM »
When we for j on aa with a six month old they let us let her sleep on the floor. Although officially I don't believe that's allowed
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Re: Flying With Babies
« Reply #348 on: January 04, 2014, 11:02:07 PM »
It all depends on the airline, FA, and space.

On LX F, my daughter had her on bed.

These JFK - LAX/HNL flights are going to be full, so I wouldn't count on it.

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Re: Flying With Babies
« Reply #349 on: January 04, 2014, 11:11:21 PM »
im jfk- salt lake city - hnl

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Re: Flying With Babies
« Reply #350 on: January 06, 2014, 02:35:49 PM »
is there a place for a bassinet in first on delta flights?  right now row 1 is open on both flights should i switch to that seat?  Wait on hold for delta forever i guess they are still overwhemled

Is  the first row is better when flying with a baby in delta business and not using a bassinet?

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Re: Flying With Babies
« Reply #351 on: January 06, 2014, 04:55:50 PM »
Is  the first row is better when flying with a baby in delta business and not using a bassinet?
i would imagine that bulkhead is always helpful

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Re: Flying With Babies
« Reply #352 on: January 06, 2014, 05:05:03 PM »
Grateful that for our upcoming trip to LAX we "splurged" about $100 to get our 3 MO twins their own seats in J.

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Re: Flying With Babies
« Reply #353 on: January 06, 2014, 05:06:17 PM »
What do people do with a 2 year old? Seatbelt on regular seat?
I'm lazy to read the thread.
Thank you.

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Re: Flying With Babies
« Reply #354 on: January 06, 2014, 05:06:49 PM »
Grateful that for our upcoming trip to LAX we "splurged" about $100 to get our 3 MO twins their own seats in J.
did the same. Smart move for us as the miles themselves are worth more.

FYI credit miles to Alaskan.

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Re: Flying With Babies
« Reply #355 on: January 06, 2014, 05:53:24 PM »
Grateful that for our upcoming trip to LAX we "splurged" about $100 to get our 3 MO twins their own seats in J.

did the same. Smart move for us as the miles themselves are worth more.

FYI credit miles to Alaskan.

Great move and quick thinking.

I was nervous I would lose my whole trip by starting over and searching with an additional ticket.

So you would say to go with bulkhead in J even though those seats are "yellow" on seat guru?

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Re: Flying With Babies
« Reply #356 on: January 08, 2014, 12:58:30 AM »
Any tips on how to play with the Jetlag for a weekend trip to TLV? Leaving EWR on Wed pm arriving Thu on and returning Tue on the red eye landing Wed am.

Should I discourage sleeping on the outbound so that they sleep when we get there? Any tips would be appreciated.

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Re: Flying With Babies
« Reply #357 on: January 08, 2014, 02:00:53 AM »
What do people do with a 2 year old? Seatbelt on regular seat?
I'm lazy to read the thread.
Thank you.
cosco scenera

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Re: Flying With Babies
« Reply #358 on: January 08, 2014, 09:46:42 AM »
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Re: Flying With Babies
« Reply #359 on: January 08, 2014, 01:55:18 PM »
Good question, dunno?