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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #1980 on: May 05, 2016, 12:58:23 PM »
Your in-laws / parents can't babysit or don't want to or you don't want to bring it up?

Also - do you have a nanny with passport? Would not bring her with?

Haven't yet brought it up. Too soon.

She does. Israeli. Transiting UAE is something I have to look into.
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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #1981 on: May 05, 2016, 12:59:33 PM »
Haven't yet brought it up. Too soon.

She does. Israeli. Transiting UAE is something I have to look into.

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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #1982 on: May 05, 2016, 12:59:55 PM »
But LIH/OGG for 10+?

And Banff? And Cancun?
I'm talking about leaving the kids with the folks :)
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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #1983 on: May 05, 2016, 01:01:58 PM »
EY F on the way home. MEL-AUH-JFK. But I'm not sure what exactly they do... They're not gonna take care of my kid for 14 hours while I sleep... I dont think.
When I spoke to them they said they do everything but change diapers and maybe bottle feed them. Their site doesn't say exactly what they do, but imply they may take care of them while you sleep. Plus by then JAK may be sleeping 8+ hours which should be enough for you to get to sleep. I assume they'll watch them if you want to shower, eat, nap, watch a movie, etc. without worrying about the baby.

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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #1984 on: May 05, 2016, 01:03:15 PM »
Inshallah.

Hard to leave an 8 month old for 2 weeks... for parents/in laws (and Mrs. AJK I'm sure).
We have the same issue with a 4 month old. DW won't hear of it.

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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #1985 on: May 05, 2016, 01:03:20 PM »
I'm talking about leaving the kids with the folks :)

Ahhhh. Makes sense.

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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #1986 on: May 05, 2016, 01:04:32 PM »
When I spoke to them they said they do everything but change diapers and maybe bottle feed them. Their site doesn't say exactly what they do, but imply they may take care of them while you sleep. Plus by then JAK may be sleeping 8+ hours which should be enough for you to get to sleep. I assume they'll watch them if you want to shower, eat, nap, watch a movie, etc. without worrying about the baby.

Good to know. And by 8 months JAK best be sleeping 10+  ;D
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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #1987 on: May 05, 2016, 01:05:45 PM »
We should do a DDF kids swap club. Have a shabbaton, let the wives bond and get comfortable with each other, and then swap kids for a week once per year :)
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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #1988 on: May 05, 2016, 01:06:36 PM »
I currently have LHR-DXB-SYD on QF F... I'm wondering if I should change it at all to sub one or both legs for QR F.
Ah okay. I vote for keeping it or switching to all QR. Bad enough that you're already connecting on LHR. 😜 Have you shared already how you're paying?

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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #1989 on: May 05, 2016, 01:09:21 PM »
We should do a DDF kids swap club. Have a shabbaton, let the wives bond and get comfortable with each other, and then swap kids for a week once per year :)

I'm in. I'm already gonna give my kids one week to Rots/MarkS/EJB from the last shabbatone.

Ah okay. I vote for keeping it or switching to all QR. Bad enough that you're already connecting on LHR. 😜 Have you shared already how you're paying?

Yeah... I'm torn.

In any event, it was booked with AA, pre-deval. Red AA, QF, QF, green, EY, EY.  130K there (a steal) and 150K back.

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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #1990 on: May 05, 2016, 01:11:45 PM »
We have the same issue with a 4 month old. DW won't hear of it.

+1 with a 2yr old...

We should do a DDF kids swap club. Have a shabbaton, let the wives bond and get comfortable with each other, and then swap kids for a week once per year :)

If DW won't go for her own family watching, I'm sure this is gonna work well.

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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #1991 on: May 05, 2016, 01:13:45 PM »
Good to know. And by 8 months JAK best be sleeping 10+  ;D
Exactly. Just put him in a car seat strapped to the seat while you sleep on the bed and you're golden.

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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #1992 on: May 05, 2016, 01:14:20 PM »
We should do a DDF kids swap club. Have a shabbaton, let the wives bond and get comfortable with each other, and then swap kids for a week once per year :)
Wife swap too or just kids swap?

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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #1993 on: May 05, 2016, 01:14:42 PM »
I'm in. I'm already gonna give my kids one week to Rots/MarkS/EJB from the last shabbatone.

Yeah... I'm torn.

In any event, it was booked with AA, pre-deval. Red AA, QF, QF, green, EY, EY.  130K there (a steal) and 150K back.


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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #1994 on: May 05, 2016, 01:15:39 PM »
If DW won't go for her own family watching, I'm sure this is gonna work well.
I guess it depends on the reason.

1 reason can be guilt, which doesn't apply in this case.
Another reason can be that they're simply too old or it's been too long since they've been in this parsha for them to be trusted with active little kids. That also doesn't apply in this case.
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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #1995 on: May 05, 2016, 01:19:36 PM »
In any event, it was booked with AA, pre-deval. Red AA, QF, QF, green, EY, EY.  130K there (a steal) and 150K back.
That's great. I've been looking into my own trip for the winter, but availability isn't there yet for only 1 stop from JFK (which I'm kinda makpid on), so in the meanwhile, I'm just trying to learn the best pricing. Seems like now, CX at 220K would be the best for a RT, but even at 160K for OW, it's better than AA that would be 215K now for OW. Negative of CX is that you can't fly EY. Any idea if my pricing sounds right? Still researching costs of EK and SQ, as well.

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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #1996 on: May 05, 2016, 01:28:52 PM »
If there is any option to bring the nanny, that is a no-brainer. Not only for the flights, but for the trip itself
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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #1997 on: May 05, 2016, 01:32:41 PM »
If there is any option to bring the nanny, that is a no-brainer. Not only for the flights, but for the trip itself
It's just a lot to pay for another flight, hotel room, bigger car, food, activities, etc. Seems great if can afford it.

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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #1998 on: May 05, 2016, 07:25:40 PM »
Good to know. And by 8 months JAK best be sleeping 10+  ;D
We sleep trained our twins to 12 hours in 16 weeks 8:30pm-8:30am...two days before jetting off to LAX (with seats confirmed for them in business class on DL). We just kept NY time while in Palm Springs.

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Re: AJK's Trip/Route Planning Thread
« Reply #1999 on: May 05, 2016, 07:28:54 PM »
We sleep trained our twins to 12 hours in 16 weeks 8:30pm-8:30am...two days before jetting off to LAX (with seats confirmed for them in business class on DL). We just kept NY time while in Palm Springs.

Good on you man.

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