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Background
Mrs LW wants to spend her 40th birthday over in France in late June 2011 and also be at her best friends' 40th birthday on 31 May in London (she was our Chief Bridesmaid). As most here know, we also have 2 young children - at the time, they will be 4 and 18 months old and yes, they're coming with us
. So to be a good husband, I've decided to take my accrued Long Service Leave and take 7 weeks off work.
I've followed a number of threads in the past SYD/LHR with a baby as well as Securing an infant in flight (in J) that I will be reviewing again now to give me further assistance along the way.
Flights
Thankfully, I've been accruing AAdvantage miles since 2003 (see my separate thread) and have been able to find and book the following outbound flights:
Now whilst it's not the most direct route, at the time of booking (within a week of the maximum time limit possible) it was the best option for us. I've also taken the bulkhead seats given we also bought an infant seat for my son and we may need the bassinet on the International sectors and we do want to sit together (as I'm sure other pax would rather as well).
On the return sectors, I've been very generous and found seats for my wife and daughter in First Class [being Mrs LW's birthday and all] (well, let's be honest, there weren't 3 x J seats available). So my son and I are in the following Business seats (and I probably don't care what seats they're in):
and the girls will be thumbing their noses at us from the pointy end on the QF30 sectors. I chose upstairs at the back due to access to the toilet (as well as to the FA's when I need a break) but should I look at Bassinet seats at the front of Business (and should that be upstairs or downstairs).
So as we haven't flown International Long Haul for over 3 years, there are going to be lots of questions...but more as I post the rest (it's a little late now)
Background
Mrs LW wants to spend her 40th birthday over in France in late June 2011 and also be at her best friends' 40th birthday on 31 May in London (she was our Chief Bridesmaid). As most here know, we also have 2 young children - at the time, they will be 4 and 18 months old and yes, they're coming with us
. So to be a good husband, I've decided to take my accrued Long Service Leave and take 7 weeks off work. I've followed a number of threads in the past SYD/LHR with a baby as well as Securing an infant in flight (in J) that I will be reviewing again now to give me further assistance along the way.
Flights
Thankfully, I've been accruing AAdvantage miles since 2003 (see my separate thread) and have been able to find and book the following outbound flights:
Code:
Date From To Flight Seats
Mon 23 May 11 [B]14:50 [/B]Brisbane [B]18:15 [/B]Perth [U]QF597[/U] 1A, 1B, 1E
Mon 23 May 11 [B]22:15 [/B]Perth [B]06:05 [/B]Hong Kong QF067 1A, 1B, 1E
Tue 24 May 11 [B]09:55 [/B]Hong Kong [B]16:00 [/B]London (Heathrow) CX257 Seating cannot be confirmedNow whilst it's not the most direct route, at the time of booking (within a week of the maximum time limit possible) it was the best option for us. I've also taken the bulkhead seats given we also bought an infant seat for my son and we may need the bassinet on the International sectors and we do want to sit together (as I'm sure other pax would rather as well).
On the return sectors, I've been very generous and found seats for my wife and daughter in First Class [being Mrs LW's birthday and all
] (well, let's be honest, there weren't 3 x J seats available). So my son and I are in the following Business seats (and I probably don't care what seats they're in):
Code:
Date From To Flight Seats
Tue 5 Jul 11 [B]22:30 [/B]London (Heathrow) [B]17:20 [/B]Hong Kong QF030 18J
Fri 8 Jul 11 [B]19:00 [/B]Hong Kong [B]06:00 [/B]Melbourne QF030 18J
Sat 9 Jul 11 [B]10:05 [/B]Melbourne [B]12:15 [/B]Brisbane QF612 3Dand the girls will be thumbing their noses at us from the pointy end on the QF30 sectors. I chose upstairs at the back due to access to the toilet (as well as to the FA's when I need a break) but should I look at Bassinet seats at the front of Business (and should that be upstairs or downstairs).
So as we haven't flown International Long Haul for over 3 years, there are going to be lots of questions...but more as I post the rest (it's a little late now)
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. We both agreed driving in and arournd Paris won't be high on our agenda - foot power will rule the day.
part was that the return PER/SYD flight left 2 hours before we actually arrived in PER, so was an impossible connection.
. Had done comparisons of Hilton, PC and SPG and was about to confirm the desired ones, when I remembered I have an open Accor account, so checked them for England & Europe destinations. 
