Thinking of flying TLV-HKG-YYZ on CX in F (J for the TLV-HKG segment, but booking with 70k Alaska if I can find availability) with wife and baby.
I hear that CX would charge 25% of the cash fare for a lap infant, which would be a fortune in this case, and it seems from CX's website that car seats are not allowed in F on any plane even if I wanted to book a 3rd seat for baby. Please correct me if I'm wrong on either of these points, I haven't done much research.
I have 2 ideas of how to do this, but I'm not sure if either would work. If anyone has any experience, please advise!
Option 1. Book 3 seats in F but keep baby on lap the whole flight. Basically a lap infant except that we pay for a seat that'll effectively remain empty instead of 25% cash. I imagine the extra 70 Alaska is worth less than 25% cash. Thing is, would they let me bring an infant with a paid seat on board without any way for that infant to sit in the seat that he's booked in?
Option 2. Book 2 seats in F for one parent + baby, and an economy seat for 2nd parent, and have 2nd parent take baby's seat in F once on board and leave economy seat empty. Similarly, I could book for both parents in F and infant in economy with a false DOB and then just carry infant as a lap child into F. Either of these ideas saves me 30k, but sound risky- would either work, or is it too much to risk for a savings of 30k?
@EJB said on another thread that option 2 is the type of thing that gets people kicked off of planes. Anyone know if option 1 can work?