InfantTravel

Planning a trip from the UK to the US with a connection in Dublin and ran into something confusing while booking. My son will be about 18 months old and I’d prefer to book him his own seat, not a lap infant. But the Aer Lingus website only lets me select infant, which...

Flying Australia to Dublin with a stop in Doha and have two questions. My daughter will be 20 months at the time of travel. I’m trying to book her a seat but the system only lets me enter ages 2 to 11 for a child ticket. Is that because under 2 is considered an infant even if I...

I booked and paid extra for a bassinet seat on a 9 hour Air France flight, and now I just saw they moved me to a regular seat and gave the bassinet spot to someone else. They offered to refund the seat fee, but that does not really solve the problem. The whole reason I paid was...

I’ve seen this go both ways with Qatar. They can extend vouchers, especially for genuine life events like a newborn, but you usually only get traction if you contact them directly and escalate a bit. It’s not something the system does on its own. Phone or chat, explain the...

Trying to understand how Ryanair handles this before I mess it up. Traveling in July with my wife, mother in law, and two minor children. I know that if you don’t pay for seat selection, Ryanair assigns seats for free before departure and guarantees that kids are seated next to...

That’s a rough situation, and honestly not what people mean when they complain about “that parent.” If you can, get to the airport early and talk to the gate agent as soon as they’re set up. Be calm, explain it’s a family emergency, and that your two year old is currently seated...

Few months ago on TPA to HKG via SFO, I board and find a guy with a baby on his lap sitting in my window seat. I’m not great with confrontation, especially in front of people, but I said “I think this is my seat.” He asks if I’d be okay taking the middle seat in the row behind...

Booked a 9 night Eastern Caribbean during Black Friday and felt like we scored. Just over $2700 total for me, my wife, and our two kids (4 years and an infant). Been looking forward to this for months. Two days ago our travel agent calls and says Royal removed Haiti from the...

Had a flight originating in the EU on Turkish Airlines that was delayed by 3h45m. From what I understand, that puts us at 50% compensation, so €300 per passenger since the distance was over 3,500 km. We were traveling with an infant in lap. We did pay a fee for him and he...

I get why this would spiral anyone’s anxiety. You plan ahead, pick seats, splurge a bit, and then a random schedule change nukes it all. Ending up with middle seats on a 5.5 hour leg with a 7 month old would make me lose it too. Glad this actually had a good ending though....

We’ve got a Cathay connection in less than a month and I’m already stressing. Family of four, economy, 12h flight into Hong Kong, short transfer after that. Two adults, a 3yo and a 14 month old. We’re seated in the back bassinet row so we’ll be some of the last ones off the...

Just noticed an error from a booking I made back in September. Somehow my lap infant was never added to the reservation. I figured no big deal, I’ll just call and add her. Well… Lufthansa is now telling me the lap infant “fare” is $600. For context, my own ticket was $975 when I...

Trying to take my 1 year old twins on a regional hop to ORD and then another regional flight, and these planes are the Embraer/CRJ setups with 1x2 or 2x2 seating. I’m trying to figure out how lap child rules work with two babies. I know oxygen masks are the limiting factor and...

Flew this morning on one of the new SW aircraft, and wow not great. We always buy the third seat for our 8-month-old and his carrier, and on the older planes it fit with a couple inches to spare. On this new one it barely squeezed in and actually pushed the seat in front...

Flew this morning on one of the new SW aircraft, and wow not great. We always buy the third seat for our 8-month-old and his carrier, and on the older planes it fit with a couple inches to spare. On this new one it barely squeezed in and actually pushed the seat in front...

Flying soon from Houston to India with an infant, and I’m getting mixed answers about carry-on rules. One rep at IAH said I can bring 10kg plus a separate breast pump bag. Chat support said nope just one 7kg bag and the pump counts toward it. Anyone flown this route recently...