traveling with children

Passengers’ fear as oxygen masks drop on British Airways flight British Airways passengers were left terrified after a pilot blunder led to the oxygen masks dropping mid-flight. Flight BA16 was travelling from Singapore to London when, two hours into the flight, problems began to occur...

Hello Brains Trust I have twins boys who are now 12 yrs old. They are well behaved (but do argue with each other as kids do) and have no problems with going out to dinner and behaving, traveling with us and behaving etc. They are polite and well mannered (I know that I'm starting to sound like...

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/where-is-my-child-family-demands-answers-after-boy-spends-night-in-melbourne-airport-storeroom-20190320-p515ni.html Severe storms on the east coast of Australia has resulted in a Virgin Australia flight from SYD - BNE being diverted to Melbourne...

I'm sure I've forgotten things before flights before, and maybe I've accidentally left things behind, but a baby?! Luckily she quickly realised and the plane could turn around not too long after take off, but oops! Flight forced to turn around after mother forgets baby

Does QF load (on request) children's meals for domestic flights? If the flight in question only offers a refreshment service, is there a children's version? BTW, I'm not expecting much and my toddler can tolerate (usually) an adult meal/snack in most cases... Thanks

I've had a few issues lately where international long haul QF flights have been fully booked and the only available seats (Y+ / J) have been bulkhead bassinet seats and 1 or 2 centre seats. I am told on a regular basis these seats are blocked until airport check in opens and cannot be released...

Hi, My husband and I are taking my 4 yr old son to Athens and just looking for any hints and tips on flying with him. We are flying economy with Emirates from Brisbane (Qantas codeshare). Any suggestions? Is it worth joining a club for lounge access for Dubai stop over? Thanks, V.

Having our first grandbaby born this morning just wondering if anyone has cute outfits for travel......well like the Qantas grosuit

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times... No this is not one of those periodic threads debating whether infants / children should be allowed in the J cabin (I think angel children should be allowed, monster babies sent to the cargo hold or, better, fly DHL*) But i was flying SQ...

I recently booked a few flights Biz Class with S7 (Siberian airlines)using QF Points via Qantas website. to my shock the fees for Adults was 7 Pounds each whilst the kids fees were 52 pounds each. 2 adults and 2 kids was $220 in fees(II questioned this via chat on QF website and after waiting...

I had an issue recently where 3K allocated seats all over for a booking for myself, wife and 2 year old daughter. I thought we were sitting together but seats were automatically allocated apart. I've been looking at booking Air Asia CNX-DMK later this month and started booking the flight and...

Airservices Australia posted this on its website: Temporary flight path change in Sydney Over the last two weeks residents of suburbs including Coogee, South Coogee, Randwick and Maroubra may have observed changes to the flight path. This is because the usual departure flight path has been...

Virgin Australia - Approval I was amazed to hear from Virgin Australia, who responded to my post and took it one step further and invited to fly myself and my family to their head office to discuss seating options ..... Virgin Australia for their approval of seating devices for infants and...

It's been over a year since our last trip report, so it felt like time for a new one. Earlier this year we were tossing up between two Luxury Escape's deals: the JW Marriot Khao Lak and the St Regis Langkawi. The first deal was 8 nights all inclusive, the latter 5 nights with a great range of...

My SG colleague just returned from a family vacation to Disneyland and on the way home was looking forward to spending some time in the TBIT OW J lounge with his wife and two children. The lounge dragon refused entry for his children stating that the OW policy does not include children as...

VA were great when flying with an infant, but I have an OOL-AKL flight with a now 2 yr old (child fare) and the website doesn't mention if the pram is a free checked item?

Hey all, Wanted to share a recent experience I had with Qantas traveling with my almost 3 year old in Y. We did a trip PER-BNE, traveling there on Qantas and returning on Virgin. I normally travel solo or with the wife as I like the quiet / downtime in the air but it was time for a family...

Currently my daughter in law is deliberating changing her surname . However there is a grandchild on the way which will have my Son surname. Next year she is planning on travelling overseas with grand child without husband Is that ever an issue ?

Doing the QF10/95 PER MEL LAX combo shortly. I put child meals in the booking for my two but it says that they aren't available for either flight. Is this the norm being a supper departure? Just the Menu Select options looks a little sophisticated for their palate!

First time in Qantas J for a while. Emirates J - we order the Kids meal to get the kids 'gift bag', but our kids eat from the standard menu. What are the kids meals like on Qantas J? If we order a standard meal, will we still get the kids gift packs?